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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 421204" data-attributes="member: 13090">What I like about &quot;Spot&quot; metering is how the exposure calculation follows the focus-point (unlike most Canon cameras where this is not the case). Matrix metering does a pretty darn good job, IMO, the vast, vast majority of the time. When there is extreme dynamic range I'll fall back on Spot or, with the D750 and some of the other higher-end models you can choose &quot;Highlight Weighted&quot; which will do its best to correctly expose the shot without blowing out the highlights; it works, if not perfectly, surprising well too be sure.Center Weighted is nice as long as you remember the metering does NOT follow the focus-point like it does in Spot metering. I would say your assessment is pretty much correct, I too think of Center Weighted as &quot;hybrid&quot; of Matrix and Spot metering modes but I don't care for it much because so much of the time my subject is NOT &quot;dead center&quot; in the frame unless I'm shooting portraits. It's just another tool in the box......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 421204, member: 13090"] What I like about "Spot" metering is how the exposure calculation follows the focus-point (unlike most Canon cameras where this is not the case). Matrix metering does a pretty darn good job, IMO, the vast, vast majority of the time. When there is extreme dynamic range I'll fall back on Spot or, with the D750 and some of the other higher-end models you can choose "Highlight Weighted" which will do its best to correctly expose the shot without blowing out the highlights; it works, if not perfectly, surprising well too be sure. Center Weighted is nice as long as you remember the metering does NOT follow the focus-point like it does in Spot metering. I would say your assessment is pretty much correct, I too think of Center Weighted as "hybrid" of Matrix and Spot metering modes but I don't care for it much because so much of the time my subject is NOT "dead center" in the frame unless I'm shooting portraits. It's just another tool in the box. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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