K_Pugh
No longer a newbie, moving up!
It is actually worth having this feature, that is, being able to adjust the EV compensation value in manual mode - I actually used it a couple of days ago. (D80 btw)
I set the camera to manual as i needed a fastish shutter speed (1/200th) and reasonable DOF (so f/stop was set at f5.6) i also had Auto ISO which took care of exposure. If i didn't have the EV comp set then my skies & highlights would have been blown out.. EV comp. (-1.0) solved this and in this case it just adjusted the ISO rather than change any shutter speed or aperture values.
So i think there is a need for exposure compensation even in manual mode. For HDR shots though, i would say no, you'd want the same ISO & Aperture, the only thing you'd want to change is the shutter speed.
I set the camera to manual as i needed a fastish shutter speed (1/200th) and reasonable DOF (so f/stop was set at f5.6) i also had Auto ISO which took care of exposure. If i didn't have the EV comp set then my skies & highlights would have been blown out.. EV comp. (-1.0) solved this and in this case it just adjusted the ISO rather than change any shutter speed or aperture values.
So i think there is a need for exposure compensation even in manual mode. For HDR shots though, i would say no, you'd want the same ISO & Aperture, the only thing you'd want to change is the shutter speed.