Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Menus Setup and Playback Shooting,

GMetering

Choose how the camera meters exposure.

GMatrix (default setting)

Camera sets exposure for entire frame. Recommended in most situations.

qCenter-weighted

Camera meters entire frame but assigns greatest weight to subject in center of frame. Classic meter for portraits; preserves background details while letting lighting

conditions at center of frame determine exposure. Can be used with focus lock (A25) to meter off-center subjects.

rSpot

Camera meters area shown by circle in center of frame. Ensures that subject in

metering target is correctly exposed even if background is much lighter or darker. Can be used with focus lock (A25) to meter off-center subjects.

sSpot AF area

Camera meters selected focus area (A86). Available only when a setting other than Center is selected for AF area mode.

BNote on Metering

When the digital zoom ratio is between 1.2× and 1.8×, Metering is set to Center-weighted. When the digital zoom ratio is between 2.0× and 4.0×, Metering is set to Spot. When digital zoom is in effect, the metered area is not shown.

DMetering Area

The active metering area is displayed in the monitor when Center-weightedor Spot is selected.

Spot

Center-weighted

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