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<blockquote data-quote="Fred Kingston" data-source="post: 397396" data-attributes="member: 10742"><p>You need to do some homework... There are 3 different light meters in your camera... Or, I should say, there's one light meter, but depending on how you have it set, it measures light in 3 different ways... and each is dependent on where you have the focus point pointed... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So, you can determine where in your scene the meter is reading, and additionally, how it reads the light where you are metering...</p><p></p><p>They're called a spot meter, an area meter (which further depends on the dimensions, and number of spots you select to average, and there's a matrix meter; which averages the over-all area of the scene...</p><p></p><p>Read about each one, and then do some experiments to see which one suits you... There is no "right" or "only" one... they're mostly dependent on your personal needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred Kingston, post: 397396, member: 10742"] You need to do some homework... There are 3 different light meters in your camera... Or, I should say, there's one light meter, but depending on how you have it set, it measures light in 3 different ways... and each is dependent on where you have the focus point pointed... :) So, you can determine where in your scene the meter is reading, and additionally, how it reads the light where you are metering... They're called a spot meter, an area meter (which further depends on the dimensions, and number of spots you select to average, and there's a matrix meter; which averages the over-all area of the scene... Read about each one, and then do some experiments to see which one suits you... There is no "right" or "only" one... they're mostly dependent on your personal needs. [/QUOTE]
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