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Chapter 5
Metering modes — Metering the subject brightness (Cont.)
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Using multi-metering
1
Point the AF target mark where you
want to meter the exposure. Press the
button. The subject’s brightness
can be metered at up to 8 different
points.
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A metering bar appears on the monitor.
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Brightness meter readings are ignored
after the 9th reading.
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To cancel the locked multi-metering
exposure, hold down
over 1
second to display
MEMO
. Press it again
and release it quickly.
2
Take a picture.
e.g. : When metering 2 points (pressing
twice).
The average values for the aperture and shutter speed as calculated by
metering 2 points. These values are recalculated every time another metering
point is added.
indicates the
average for the 2
metering points.
The average is
always shown at
the center of the
bar.
indicates how much
the present exposure
you are metering is
different from the
average exposure
value. The present
exposure can be fixed
by pressing the shutter
button halfway down.
(The present exposure
is not added to the
average value unless
you press
.
)
When
moves ±3 far from the center of the bar (the average reading), the
red
Éí
appears.
The reading with
pressed.
indicates
the number of times you have pressed the
button
indicates the difference between the
metered and average readings.
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