Switching Between Metering Modes - Canon PowerShot S5 IS User Manual

3
Press the FUNC. button and shoot the image
with manual focus (p. 75).
To Cancel the Focus-BKT Mode:
Select

Switching between Metering Modes

Shooting Mode
Evaluative
Center-
Weighted
Average
Spot AE
Point
Center
AF Point
1
FUNC. Menu
* Default setting.
Use the
exposure compensation and press
the FUNC. button.
78
(BKT-Off) in Step 1.
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.
Use this setting when you want to set the exposure
on the subject in the center of the monitor.
Locks the spot metering frame to the center of the
LCD monitor (or viewfinder).
Moves the spot AE point to the AF frame.
See Menus and Settings (p. 26).
or button to adjust the
*
(Evaluative).