Olympus C-7070 Zoom C-7070 Instruction Manual - Page 70

Metering Advanced shooting functions 2 Position the AF target mark on the area you want to meter, and press the [ button. • The multi-metering bar is displayed. • The light is metered at up to 8 different points. Light readings after the 9th are ignored. • To perform metering again, press the [ button for more than 1 second to display C. Press the [ button again to cancel metered values. P 1/1000 F2.8 0.0 Multi-metering bar Ex: Metering from 2 points (pressing the [ 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 point is metered. The average of 2 metering points. The average is always shown at the center of the bar. P 1/1000 F2.8 0.0 Indicates the difference between the current exposure of the subject and the average exposure value. Press the shutter button halfway to lock the indicator on the current exposure. Be sure to press the [ button to add the current The reading when the [ button was pressed. The number of Z indicates the number of times the button was pressed. The distance Z is from exposure to the average. the center of the bar indicates the difference between the metered and average readings. XY turn red when Z moves more than ±3 from the center of the bar (the average reading). TIPS To save the multi-meter reading after taking a picture (AE memory) → Press the [ button for more than 1 second after metering in Step 2. C is displayed. The exposure is saved while C is displayed. Press the [ button again to cancel the AE memory. Canceling the multi-meter reading → Operating any of the buttons or the mode dial after metering in Step 2 cancels the multi-meter reading. → Turning off the monitor also cancels the reading. 70