Setting The Ae Metering - Ricoh WG-20 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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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 mode.
• When the shutter release button is pressed halfway, the brightness
is metered and the exposure is determined.
• When the subject is outside the focusing area and you want to use
Spot AE metering, aim the camera at the subject and press and hold
the shutter release button halfway to lock the exposure, then compose
your picture again and press the shutter release button fully.
• Depending on the selected shooting mode, the [AE Metering] setting
may not be changed. Refer to "Functions Available for Each Shooting
Mode" (p.258) for details.
Saving the AE Metering setting 1p.149
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.
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Rec. Mode
Image Tone Bright
14
Recorded Pixels
Quality Level
White Balance
AF Setting
AE Metering
Cancel
MENU
3
M
OK
OK
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