B5: Center-Weighted Area; B6: Fine Tune Optimal Exposure; B6 . Fine Tune Optimal Exposure - Nikon D300s User Manual

When calculating exposure, center-weighted
metering assigns the greatest weight to a circle in
the center of the frame. The diameter
(~)
of this
circle can be set to 6, 8, 10, or 13 mm or to the
average of the entire frame.
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Option
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(-) 6 ~
6
mm
(-) 8 ~
8
mm
(-)10 ~
10
mm
(-)13 ~
13
mm
(o)AV9
Average
Note that the diameter is fixed at 8 mm when a non-CPU lens is
used.
b6: Fine Tune Optimal Exposure
MENU button
-+
@ Custom Settings menu
Matrix metering
I'D :
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a
b6 Fine tune optimal exposure
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Center-weighted metering
.~1a Spot metering
Use this option to fine-tune the exposure
value selected by the camera. Exposure can
be fine tuned separately for each metering
method by from
+
1 to -1 EV in steps of
1/ 6
EV."
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Fine-Tuning Exposure
Exposure can be fine-tuned separately for each Custom Settings bank
and is not affected by two-button resets. Note that as the exposure
compensation
(~)
icon is not displayed, the only way to determine how
much exposure has been altered is to view the amount in the fine-
tuning menu. Exposure compensation
(0
118) is preferred in most
situations.
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