Switching between Metering Modes

Shooting Mode

1 FUNC. Menu * (Evaluative)

See Menus and Settings (p. 22).

* Default setting.

zUse the or button to select the metering mode and press the FUNC./

SET button.

Metering Methods

 

 

 

Appropriate for standard shooting conditions,

 

 

 

including backlit scenes. The camera divides

 

 

 

images into several zones for metering. It

 

Evaluative

evaluates complex lighting conditions, such as

 

the position of the subject, the brightness, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

direct light, and the backlighting, and adjusts

 

 

 

the settings to the correct exposure for the main

 

 

 

subject.

 

Center

Averages the light metered from the entire

 

Weighted

frame, but gives greater weight to the subject

 

Average

matter at the center.

 

Spot

Meters the area within the spot AE point frame.

 

 

Center

Locks the spot metering frame to the center of

 

 

the LCD monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

AF Point

Moves the spot AE point to the same position

 

 

as the selected AF frame.

 

 

 

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Canon A620 appendix Switching between Metering Modes, Metering Methods, FUNC. Menu * Evaluative