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Spot Metering (Placing Exposure Priority on the Center of the Subject - instructions on use

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Spot Metering (Placing Exposure Priority on the Center of the Subject) If a shot is backlit, ordinary photometric settings (digital ESP metering) will make the subject appear too dark. To compensate for this, switch the camera over to the spot metering mode in the shooting menu. This feature is used to obtain the right exposure regardless of backlighting. For operating instructions see "Using the Shooting Menu" (p.72). Shooting Group Menu Items: CAM [ ESP ] [ 0.0 ] ISO [ AUTO ] DIGITAL ZOOM [ OFF ] PANORAMA Press ୴ to highlight " setting screen will be displayed. ". The CANCEL Settings: SET ESP SPOT CANCEL Monitor SET OK HQ ESP (Digital ESP metering): This is the default setting when the power is turned on. Exposure will be calculated based on an average of the light available in the image area. However, the calculation will be biased to the center of the image area. SPOT (Spot metering): Adjust the light metering at the center only. The center will yield the best exposure results in this mode. Switching to spot metering makes the spot metering mark appear. 74

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Spot Metering
(Placing Exposure Priority
on the Center of the Subject)
If a shot is backlit, ordinary photometric settings (digital ESP metering)
will make the subject appear too dark.To compensate for this, switch
the camera over to the spot metering mode in the shooting menu. This
feature is used to obtain the right exposure regardless of backlighting.
For operating instructions see
“
Using the Shooting Menu
”
(p.72).
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PANORAMA
DIGITAL ZOOM
ISO
CAM
[
AUTO
]
[
ESP
]
[
0.0
]
[
OFF
]
SET
CANCEL
Press
´
to highlight “
”. The
setting screen will be
displayed.
HQ
Monitor
Switching to spot metering
makes the spot metering
mark appear.
ESP
SPOT
CANCEL
SET
OK
ESP (Digital ESP metering):
This is the default setting when the
power is turned on.
Exposure will be calculated based on
an average of the light available in
the image area.
However, the
calculation will be biased to the
center of the image area.
SPOT (Spot metering):
Adjust the light metering at the center
only. The center will yield the best
exposure results in this mode.
Settings:
Shooting Group Menu Items: