Nikon D300 User Manual page 641

Center-Weighted Meter
If you were raised on a classic center-weighted meter and still
prefer that type, the D300(S)'s exposure meter can be
transformed into a flexible center-weighted meter with a
variable-sized weighting that you can control.
The Center-weighted meter
frame but concentrates most of the metering in an
in the middle of the frame. If you'd like, you can make the
circle as small as
the Center-weighted meter
Figure 9-3. Metering selector dial set to Center-weighted
Using Custom setting
where the D300(S) concentrates the meter reading (see the
chapter titled
completely eliminate the circle and use the entire
frame as a basic averaging meter.
As mentioned previously, the circle in your
normally 8mm. However, by using
in the D300(S) meters the entire
6mm or as large as 13mm. Let's examine
more closely.
b5, you can change the size of the circle
Chapter 4). If you'd like, you can even
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Viewfinder
Custom setting b5
8mm circle
Viewfinder
is
you can