Olympus C7000 Zoom C-7000 Advanced Manual - Page 53

Advanced shooting functions Metering 3 Position the AF target mark on the area you want to meter and press the x button. P 1/1000 F2.8 0.0 • The multi-metering bar appears. • The brightness is metered at up to 8 different points. Brightness meter readings are ignored after the 9th reading. • To perform metering again, hold down the x button for more than 1 Multi-metering bar second to display C. Press the x button again to cancel the metering values. • If a function other than AE lock is assigned to the x button, set AE lock to the button. g"Custom button" (P.119) Ex: When metering 2 points (pressing the x button twice) 4 The aperture and shutter speed as calculated from the average values obtained by metering at 2 points. These values are recalculated every time another metering point is added. The average for the 2 metering points. The average is always shown at the center of the bar. P 1/1000 F2.8 0.0 The reading when the x button was pressed. The number of Z indicates the number of times you have pressed the button. The distance Z from the center of the bar indicates the difference between the metered and average readings. Indicates how much the present exposure you are metering differs from the average exposure value. The present exposure can be locked by pressing the shutter button halfway. (The present exposure is not added to the average value unless you press the x button.) When Z moves more than ±3 from the center of the bar (the average reading), red XY are displayed. 53