Speedlight question

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

So DH got me a speedlight (attaches to my Nikon D40 on the shoe) for Christmas. I am such a newbie but I have a question. I am really trying to mostly shoot in manual now and I've noticed that sometimes when I switch between using the speedlight and back to natural light (not with the speedlight), my camera is somehow using an exposure comp of +5. I noticed this because I was metering to "0" (not over or underexposing) and my pics were coming out horribly dark. When I looked at my settings, it said ex comp was +5 and I was like, how did that happen? When I adjusted it and metered to "0" again, all was now coming out properly exposed.

I really this is a fairly specific question but does anyone know WHY using my speedlight causes my camera to randomly adjust the ex comp? And it only appears to happen sometimes...

I don't know a) why this is happening, b) is this a good thing, and c) how do I get it to set back when I switch to not using the speedlight.

Can anyone help?

[Ladybug]

I have never had a speed light…but I really want one

[GreyhoundsRUs]

Not sure either, but I would check out Blue Crane Digital's DVD for your speedlight. They are awesome tutorials!

[SoonerTexan]

Ha I would have known a few years ago but I've forgotten it all.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-And...th-the-d4.html

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

No comprende...

[GreyhoundsRUs]

No comprende...

Neither did I, but I assumed that it was because it was in Nikon-ese Then I saw your other post that you don't have a Nikon speedlight...off to do more research!

[niener]

E did you ever figure this out? I tried to google it but didn't come up with much of anything. That's really odd to me, I can't think of why attaching a flash to your camera would cause the in-camera exposure comp settings to change unless there's some sort of glitch. Do you still have the manual for your camera? Maybe there's a setting that's gotten changed from it's default somewhere.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

E did you ever figure this out? I tried to google it but didn't come up with much of anything. That's really odd to me, I can't think of why attaching a flash to your camera would cause the in-camera exposure comp settings to change unless there's some sort of glitch. Do you still have the manual for your camera? Maybe there's a setting that's gotten changed from it's default somewhere.

No, I didn't. I didn't even realize until I looked at the settings on my screen that the EV was +5 and I knew that wasn't right. I can't imagine I would have changed it to that level at any point. Especially because I would have noticed that the camera wasn't metering to "0" immediately as soon as I started shooting in manual, right? I noticed it because it wasn't making ANY sense that I was metering to 0 and getting incredibly dark photos even though there was enough light.