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ADVANCED SETTINGS
Center
W
eighted
Center
w
eighted metering concentrates on the
center of the foc
u
s area to meas
u
re light. Use
this metering method
w
hen yo
u
w
ant to exert
some control o
v
er expos
u
re,
w
itho
u
t lea
v
ing
settings totally
u
p to the camera.
Spot
Spot metering takes readings at a
v
ery small
area. Use this metering method
w
hen yo
u
w
ant expos
u
re to
b
e set according to the
b
rightness of a partic
u
lar s
ub
ject,
w
itho
u
t
b
eing affected
b
y s
u
rro
u
nding conditions.
IMPORTANT!
•
The metering mode
w
ill change to “Center
W
eighted”
a
u
tomatically if yo
u
change the EV shift
v
al
u
e (page 131) to
anything other than 0.0
w
hile “M
u
lti” is selected. The
metering mode
w
ill change
b
ack to “Center
W
eighted”
w
hen the EV shift
v
al
u
e is changed
b
ack to 0.0.
•
W
hen “M
u
lti” is selected as the metering mode, the
icon
w
ill not
b
e displayed on the monitor screen
w
hen yo
u
ret
u
rn to the REC mode information display (page 270).
NOTE
•
Yo
u
can
u
se the key c
u
stomization feat
u
re to config
u
re the
[
W
] and [
X
]
bu
ttons so they control the metering mode
setting (page 145).
