Kirislin Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I've never really understood metering mode: evaluative, partial and center weighted. When do I use each one of them to best effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraNik Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Ooh I'd like to hear the answers to this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) . Edited October 16, 2009 by Ripley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kja Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Quick and dirty: Evaluative when you want to include the exposure for the whole scene. Not good if you are exposing for something relatively small that is really bright or dark and the rest of the frame is opposite. Spot: you aim the camera at the subject you want it to expose for and it "ignores" the rest of the frame. A good option for the above problem. Center weighted: evaluates the entire scene but gives more preference to the exposure needed for the centre of the frame instead of the outer rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 thankyou both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kja Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Just one thing on spot and partial from JSs point #2 "it's a method rarely used" is strange. I use spot all the time. Lots of shooters I know use it a lot, too. It totally depends on the scene, your style and what you are trying to achieve. Personally I almost never use evaluative as it doesn't often suit what I'm shooting. Play with them all when you are out so you can learn what each does for the types of shooting you do. It only takes a few minutes to run through them for a few frames, but getting to know each option will really help you in the long run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Not a canon user- this is useful info Edited October 16, 2009 by persephone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Is Centre weighted what is also referred to as spot metering? Edited October 16, 2009 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) No If you want to learn more about this, you can buy various books, Amazon.com is good atm due to the strong AUD or go to the library and borrow any number of books on photography. Explanations here for Canon http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/camera/...ring-mode.shtml Edited October 17, 2009 by Ripley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kja Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Nope, centre weighted takes the centre of the frame (imagine a circle in the middle of your viewfinder). Of course you can point that at whatever you are wanting to expose for and lock it then recompose so it can act like spot. But the coverage is much larger in area than spot is. Think of spot as precision metering - it's using only a tiny, specific part of your frame. Surgical strike Then Centre uses a bit more. And evaluative uses the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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