Switching Between Metering Modes - Canon PowerShot A510 User Manual

Shooting – Advanced Functions
Switching between Metering
Modes
Appropriate for standard shooting
conditions, including backlit
scenes. The camera divides
images into several zones for
light metering. It evaluates the
complex lighting conditions, such
Evaluative
as the position of the subject, the
brightness, the background, the
direct light, and the backlighting,
and adjusts the settings to the
correct exposure for the main
subject.
Averages the light metered from
Center-
the entire frame, but gives
weighted
greater weight to the subject
Averaging
matter at the center.
Meters the area within the spot
AE point frame at the center of
the LCD monitor. Use this setting
Spot
when you want to set the
exposure on the subject in the
center of the monitor.
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Mode Dial
1
Select
*(Evaluative) in
the FUNC. menu.
See Selecting Menus and
Settings (p. 66).
* The current setting is
displayed.
2
Select a metering
mode using the
or button.
3
Press the FUNC. button.