Canon A95 manual Press the button, Switching between Light Metering Modes

Shooting – Advanced Functions

7Press the button.

z You can immediately shoot the image using the selected AF frame by pressing the shutter button instead of pressing button.

z The AF frame will move back to its original position (Center), if you hold down the button.

z Turn the LCD monitor on to set the AF

frame to the position you desire before shooting.

z The AF frame is locked to center when using the digital zoom.

z When the Spot AE Point is selected as the light metering mode, you can use the selected AF frame as the Spot AE Point (on the right).

z For an explanation of the AF frame colors, please refer to p. 26.

z When the shooting mode dial is set to TV, Av or M, pressing the SET button will change the item that can be set as described below.

Shutter speed / AF frame

Aperture value / AF frame

Shutter speed / Aperture value /

AF frame

Switching between Light Metering Modes

			Mode Dial
		Appropriate for standard
		shooting conditions, including
		backlit scenes. The camera
		divides images into several
Evaluative		zones for light metering. It
		evaluates the complex lighting
Light
		conditions, such as the
Metering
		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 frame, but gives
weighted
Averaging		greater weight to the subject
		matter at the center.
Spot AE		Meters the area within the spot
Point		AE point frame.
	Center	Locks the spot metering frame
		to the center of the LCD
		monitor.
	AF	Moves the spot AE point to the
	Point	AF frame.

Advanced Functions

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