Nikon S2H05000501 Measuring Light Metering, Confirming the Metering Method, Off-center subjects

Measuring Light: Metering

The metering menu offers a choice of four meter- ing methods that determine how the camera sets exposure (in and scene modes, matrix meter- ing is used).

Option	Description
	Compares measurements from 256 areas of frame with library
Matrix	of typical compositions to produce optimal exposure for entire
	image. Best choice in most circumstances.

Menu Guide

—The Shooting Menu

Spot

Camera measures light in area shown by square in center of monitor. Only about 1/32 of entire frame is metered. Ensures that subject in metering target will be correctly exposed even when background is much brighter or darker. Can be used with autoexposure lock ( 108) to meter off-center subjects.

Center-

Camera meters light in entire frame but assigns a weight of 80% to area in center of frame occupying roughly 1/4 of total. Classic meter for portraits; preserves background details while

Weighted letting lighting conditions at center of frame determine expo- sure. Can be used with autoexposure lock ( 108) to meter

off-center subjects.

	Camera measures light in current focus area only. Useful when
Spot AF	you want to use spot metering with manual or automatic focus-
Area	area selection (	110) to meter an off-center subject.

Confirming the Metering Method

At settings other than Matrix, the current meter- ing method is indicated by an icon in the monitor.

Spot-metering

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