Selecting The Metering Area (Spot Metering) - Olympus CAMEDIA C-300 ZOOM Manual

Selecting the metering area (Spot metering)

In a backlight situation, your subject may appear dark if the picture is taken
with the normal metering value (Digital ESP metering). In this case, by
changing the metering area to the center of the viewfinder (Spot metering), a
subject can be shot with optimal exposure regardless of the background light.
Metering settings
ESP (Digital ESP)
(Spot metering) : Meters only the center of the viewfinder to obtain the
1
Display the top menu in the shooting
mode.
• Open the lens barrier fully.
• Press
2
Press to select ESP/
3
Press
press .
Spot metering is set and the menu is
closed.
The selected setting is highlighted in the
green frame.
4
Take the picture while positioning the AF target mark on your
subject in the viewfinder.
The camera returns to ESP (factory default setting) when the lens
barrier is closed. "Saving the settings (All Reset)" (
: Meters the center of the viewfinder and the area around it
separately to obtain the optimum exposure. (No indication
is displayed on the monitor.)
appropriate exposure for the subject.
.
to select
.
, then
CANCEL
ESP/
MODE MENU
ESP/
ESP
SELECt GO
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