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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
G Metering
The process of measuring the brightness of the subject to determine the exposure
is known as Metering.
Choose how the camera meters exposure.
B Note on Metering
When digital zoom is in effect, Metering is set to Center-weighted, and the metered area is not
displayed in the monitor.
D Metering Area
The active metering area is displayed in the monitor when Center-weighted is selected for
Metering.
Set to A / B M d (Shooting menu) M G Metering
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Matrix (default setting)
Camera sets exposure for entire frame. Recommended in most situations.
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Center-weighted
Camera meters entire frame but assigns greatest weight to subject in center of frame.
Classic meter for portraits; preserves background details while letting lighting
conditions at center of frame determine exposure. Can be used with focus lock
(A111) to meter off-center subjects.
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Active metering area