Setting The Ae Metering - Pentax X70 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 a metering method.
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 2/4
AF Setting
AE Metering
Flash Exp. Comp.
Movie
Bright Area Adj.
Shake Reduction
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OK
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