Metering; Spot Metering / Center-Weighted Metering; Selecting The Metering Area - Olympus CAMEDIA C-5060 Wide Zoom Reference Manual

Metering

There are four ways of measuring the brightness of a subject. Select the way
best suited to your purpose.
Digital ESP metering Meters the center of the subject and the surrounding
Spot metering
Multi-metering
Center-weighted metering

Spot metering / Center-weighted metering

– Selecting the metering area

Mode dial
1
Turn the control dial while holding
down 4 and select 3 or 2.
• 3 or 2 is displayed on the control
panel.
area separately.
Exposure is determined by metering within the
metering target area. In this mode, a subject can be
shot with optimal exposure regardless of the
background light. gP.97
Meters the brightness of the subject at up to 8
different points to set the optimal exposure based on
the average brightness. This method is useful with a
high contrast subject.
gP.99
Meters the brightness over a wide area with
emphasis on the center of the screen. This method
is used when you do not want to let the brightness of
the surrounding area affect the picture. gP.97
5
Metering button
Control dial
97