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Spot Metering
(Placing Priority on Screen Center Brightness)
If a shot is backlit, ordinary photometric settings (digital ESP metering)
will make the subject appear too dark. To compensate for this, switch
the camera over to the spot metering mode in the shooting menu. This
feature is used to obtain the right exposure regardless of backlighting.
For details about how to use the menu, see "Using the Shooting
menu" (p.74).
Item to select in the shooting menu:
[
1 / 2
]
[
0
]
Go to
[
ESP
]
[
HQ
]
[
AUTO
]
WB
[
AUTO
]
ISO
[
]
END
CHANGE
Settings:
ESP
SPOT
BACK
SET
OK
Control panel
Switching to spot metering
makes the spot metering mark
appear.
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(Spot Metering)
ESP (Digital ESP metering):
This is the default setting when the
power is turned on.
Exposure will be calculated based
on an average of the light available
in the image area. However, the
calculation will be biased to the
center of the image area.
SPOT (Spot metering):
Adjust the light metering at the
center of the composition only. The
center will yield the best exposure
results in this mode.
.
Shooting in the spot metering mode
Viewfinder
Settings return to the default when the power is turned off.
When the power is turned off the camera will return to the ESP mode.
To retain the setting even when power is turned off, go to the settings
in the shooting menu and select HOLD (p.99).
1
Look through the viewfinder
and position your subject in
the center of the autofocus
mark.
2
Half-press the shutter release
button so the green lamp
next to the viewfinder lights
up.
• This sets both the focus and
the exposure.
3
If you would like to make any
changes within the
composition, keep the shutter
release button half-pressed.
When satisfied, full-press the
shutter release button to take
the photo.
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