Nikon COOLPIX 5000 Instruction Manual - Page 119

Measuring Light

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Taking Photographs-Advanced Photography Measuring Light: The Metering Menu In User Sets 1, 2, and 3, the metering menu offers a choice of four metering methods that determine how the camera sets exposure (in User Set A, matrix metering is used). Choose a metering method suited to your composition and lighting conditions. The following options are available: Option How it works When to use it Matrix Compares measure- ments from 256 areas of frame with library of typical compositions to pro- Best choice in most circumstances. duce optimal exposure for entire image. Spot Camera measures light in area shown by square in center of monitor. Only about 1/32 of entire frame is metered. Ensures that subject in metering target will be correctly exposed even when background is much brighter or darker. Can be used with autoexposure lock ( 106) to meter off-center subjects. CenterWeighted Camera meters light in entire frame but assigns a weight of 80% to area in center of frame occupying roughly 1/ of total. 4 Classic meter for portraits; preserves background details while letting lighting conditions at center of frame determine exposure. Can be used with autoexposure lock ( 106) to meter off-center subjects. Spot AF Area Camera measures in current focus only. light area Useful when you want to link spot metering with manual or automatic focus-area selection ( 120) to meter an off-center subject. 105

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Taking Photographs—Advanced Photography
105
Matrix
Compares measure-
ments from 256 areas of
frame with library of typ-
ical compositions to pro-
duce optimal exposure
for entire image.
Best choice in most circumstances.
Center-
Weighted
Camera meters light in
entire frame but assigns
a weight of 80% to area
in center of frame occu-
pying roughly
1
/
4
of total.
Classic meter for portraits; preserves
background details while letting
lighting conditions at center of
frame determine exposure.
Can be
used with autoexposure lock (
106) to meter off-center subjects.
Spot
Camera measures light
in area shown by square
in center of monitor.
Only about
1
/
32
of entire
frame is metered.
Ensures that subject in metering
target will be correctly exposed
even when background is much
brighter or darker.
Can be used
with autoexposure lock (
106) to
meter off-center subjects.
Measuring Light:
The Metering Menu
In User Sets 1, 2, and 3, the metering menu offers
a choice of four metering methods that determine
how the camera sets exposure (in User Set A, ma-
trix metering is used).
Choose a metering method
suited to your composition and lighting conditions.
The following options are available:
Spot AF
Area
Camera measures light
in current focus area
only.
Useful when you want to link spot
metering with manual or automat-
ic focus-area selection (
120) to
meter an off-center subject.
Option
How it works
When to use it