Canon PowerShot A460 PowerShot A460 / A450 Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 39

Switching between Metering Modes

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Shooting Switching between Metering Modes Shooting Mode 1 (Rec.) Menu . (Light Metering) See Menus and Settings (p. 18). * Default setting. */ / Metering Methods Evaluative Center Weighted Average Spot Appropriate for standard shooting conditions, including backlit scenes. The camera divides images into several zones for metering. It evaluates complex lighting conditions, such as the position of the subject, the brightness, 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 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. Metering is fixed to Evaluative when shooting in long shutter mode. 37

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Shooting
Metering Methods
Switching between Metering Modes
Shooting Mode
1
(Rec.) Menu
(Light Metering)
*/
/
.
See Menus and Settings (p. 18).
* Default setting.
Evaluative
Appropriate for standard shooting conditions,
including backlit scenes. The camera divides
images into several zones for metering. It
evaluates complex lighting conditions, such as
the position of the subject, the brightness, the
direct light, and the backlighting, and adjusts
the settings to the correct exposure for the main
subject.
Center
Weighted
Average
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 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.
Metering is fixed to Evaluative when shooting in long shutter
mode.