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Measuring Light, Metering

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Menu Guide-The Shooting Menu Measuring Light: Metering The options in the metering menu determine how the camera sets exposure. METERING Matrix Spot Center-weighted BK Set OFF Option How it works When to use it Matrix Compares measurements from sixty areas of frame with library of typ- Best choice in most cirical compositions to pro- cumstances. duce optimal exposure for entire picture. Spot Camera meters area at Ensures that subject in center of frame equiva- center of frame will be lent to about 1/60 of total. correctly exposed even if Metered area shown by background is very bright square in monitor. or very dark. Center-weighted Camera meters entire frame but assigns greatest weight to area in center of frame occupying about 1/15 of total. Classic meter for portraits; preserves background details while letting lighting conditions at center of frame determine exposure. At settings other than Matrix, the current metering setting is indicated by an icon in the monitor. 1632 FINE AUTO 60

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Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu
Measuring Light:
Metering
The options in the metering menu determine how
the camera sets exposure.
OFF
Set
METERING
METERING
Spot
Matrix
Center-weighted
BK
Option
When to use it
How it works
Matrix
Best choice in most cir-
cumstances.
Compares measure-
ments from sixty areas of
frame with library of typ-
ical compositions to pro-
duce optimal exposure
for entire picture.
Spot
Ensures that subject in
center of frame will be
correctly exposed even if
background is very bright
or very dark.
Camera meters area at
center of frame equiva-
lent to about
1
/
60
of total.
Metered area shown by
square in monitor.
Center-weighted
Classic meter for por-
traits; preserves back-
ground details while let-
ting lighting conditions at
center of frame deter-
mine exposure.
Camera meters entire
frame but assigns great-
est weight to area in cen-
ter of frame occupying
about
1
/
15
of total.
At settings other than
Matrix
, the current meter-
ing setting is indicated by an icon in the monitor.
FINE
AUTO
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