Canon PowerShot A510 PowerShot A520/A510 Camera User Guide - Page 84

Select, Evaluative in, the FUNC. menu., Select a metering, mode using the, button., Press the FUNC.

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Shooting - Advanced Functions Switching between Metering Modes Mode Dial Evaluative Centerweighted Averaging Spot Appropriate for standard shooting conditions, including backlit scenes. The camera divides images into several zones for light metering. It evaluates the complex lighting conditions, such as the position of the subject, the brightness, the background, the direct light, and the backlighting, and adjusts the settings to the correct exposure for the main subject. Averages the light metered from the entire frame, but gives greater weight to the subject matter at the center. Meters the area within the spot AE point frame at the center of the LCD monitor. Use this setting when you want to set the exposure on the subject in the center of the monitor. 1 Select *(Evaluative) in the FUNC. menu. z See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 66). * The current setting is displayed. 2 Select a metering mode using the or button. 3 Press the FUNC. button. 82

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Shooting – Advanced Functions
Switching between Metering
Modes
Mode Dial
Evaluative
Appropriate for standard shooting
conditions, including backlit
scenes. The camera divides
images into several zones for
light metering. It evaluates the
complex lighting conditions, such
as the position of the subject, the
brightness, the background, the
direct light, and the backlighting,
and adjusts the settings to the
correct exposure for the main
subject.
Center-
weighted
Averaging
Averages the light metered from
the entire frame, but gives
greater weight to the subject
matter at the center.
Spot
Meters the area within the spot
AE point frame at the center of
the LCD monitor. Use this setting
when you want to set the
exposure on the subject in the
center of the monitor.
1
Select
*(Evaluative) in
the FUNC. menu.
See
Selecting Menus and
Settings
(p. 66).
* The current setting is
displayed.
2
Select a metering
mode using the
or
button.
3
Press the FUNC. button.