Saturday, April 26, 2008

Metering Modes


Exposure Compensation often makes metering more complex than it need be.

The three metering modes offered on modern cameras are,
- center-weighted,
- evaluative / matrix metering,
- spot-metering.

In a broad sense, the choice of metering is often linked to which exposure metering mode you’re using. Essentially, the sophistication of matrix metering is ideal for when you’re relying on an automatic metering mode, whereas spot-metering is a metering mode which is used with more thought and specific intent - which most often implies manual exposure metering. (That said, I use manual metering mode nearly exlcusively, and switch between any of the three metering choices dependent on the situation.)...Full Article Here

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