Switching Between Metering Modes - Canon PowerShot S3 IS Advanced User's Manual

Switching between Metering Modes

Metering Methods
Evaluative
Center-Weighted
Average
Spot AE Point
Center
AF Point
1
FUNC. Menu
Average)
* Default setting.
Use the
and press the FUNC. button.
The camera divides images into several zones for light
metering. The camera evaluates complex lighting
conditions, such 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 the entire frame, but
gives greater weight to the subject matter at the center.
Meters the area within the spot AE point frame.
Locks the spot metering frame to the center of the LCD
monitor (or viewfinder).
Moves the spot AE point to the AF frame.
*
(Evaluative)
(Spot AE Point).
or button to adjust the exposure compensation
Shooting Mode
(Center-Weighted
See Menus and Settings (p. 26)
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