Setting The Ae Metering - Pentax Optio S1 Operating Manual

Setting the AE Metering

You can set the area of the screen where the brightness is metered to
determine the exposure.
Multi-segment
L
metering
Center-weighted
M
metering
Spot AE metering
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3
1
Press the 3 button in A mode.
The [A Rec. Mode] menu appears.
2
Use the four-way controller (23) to select [AE Metering].
3
Press the four-way controller (5).
A pull-down menu appears.
4
Use the four-way controller (23)
to select the AE Metering setting.
5
Press the 4 button.
The setting is saved.
6
Press the 3 button.
The camera returns to capture status.
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The camera divides the image into 256 areas, meters the
brightness and determines the exposure.
The camera takes a reading of the overall brightness of the
picture with the center of the image having more influence
on the exposure.
The camera determines the exposure by metering the
brightness only at the center of the image.
Rec. Mode 1/3
Recorded Pixels
White Balance
AWB
Focusing Area
AE Metering
Sensitivity
EV Compensation
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