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Spot metering - manual mode

Postby christiand on Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:21 pm

Hi all,

I found this interesting thread on dpreview.com
It gives some examples of how manual spot metering can be used to control exposure.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=11196709

Cheers
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Postby xerubus on Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:24 pm

Nice find christiand... thankyou.
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Postby kipper on Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:25 pm

I never got out of manual spot metering all weekend :)
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Postby gstark on Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:40 pm

With the variability of the I actually switched to matrix metering (I'm normally on spot), the only changes being when the fly-bys were on, I would switch exposure compensation to +1.

Give the nature and speed of the cars, spot really isn't the best mode for F1 racing IMHO.
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Postby kipper on Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:43 pm

I was using a patch of grass as my subject to meter :)
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