Pentax 15921 manual Setting the AE Metering

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Setting the AE Metering

You can set the area of the screen where the brightness is metered to determine the exposure.

Multi-segment	The camera divides the image into 256 areas, meters the
L metering	brightness and determines the exposure.
Center-weighted	The camera takes a reading of the overall brightness of the
	picture with the center of the image having more influence
M metering
	on the exposure.
N Spot AE metering	The camera determines the exposure by metering the
	brightness only at the center of the image.

Taking Pictures

1 Press the 3 button in A mode. The [A Rec. Mode] menu appears.

2 Use the four-way controller (23) to select [AE Metering]. 3 Press the four-way controller (5).

A pull-down menu appears.

4 Use the four-way controller (23) to select the AE Metering setting.

Rec. Mode	1/3
Recorded Pixels
White Balance	AWB
Focusing Area
AE Metering
Sensitivity
EV Compensation
MENU Cancel		OK OK

5 Press the 4 button.

The setting is saved.

6 Press the 3 button.

The camera returns to capture status.

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