Northern Industrial Tools P5000 user manual Metering, Choose how the camera meters exposure

pMetering

Choose how the camera meters exposure.

Option Description

pMatrix(default) Camera sets exposure for entire frame. Recommended in most situations.

	Camera meters entire frame but assigns
	greatest weight to subject in center of moni-
Center-	tor (see right). Classic meter for portraits; pre-
	serves background details while letting
q weighted
	lighting conditions at center of frame deter-			9
	mine exposure. Can be used with focus lock	1/125	F4.3
	(B 77) to meter off-center subjects.
	Camera meters area shown by circle in center
	of monitor (see right). Ensures that subject in
r Spot	metering target is correctly exposed even if
	background is much lighter or darker. Can be
	used with focus lock (B 77) to meter off-cen-			9
	ter subjects.	1/125	F4.3
s Spot AF	Camera meters selected focus area (B 76). Not available when Center is
	selected for AF-area mode (if Center is selected for AF-area mode when
area	spot AF-area metering is in effect, Metering will be set to Matrix).

ADigital Zoom

When digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses on the subject in the center focus area and center-weighted metering is used. At magnifications of 2.0× or higher, the camera meters the center focus area only. The metered area is not shown in the monitor.

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