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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 427242" data-attributes="member: 13090">I don't find Spot metering particularly esoteric or advanced: It meters off a very specific area. Not so tough to understand. How Matrix metering works is far more complicated in my opinion. As I've said before, the job of the camera's light meter is NOT to render perfect exposure. What correct exposure is for a particular shot is a subjective assessment to be made by the photographer. The objective data the light meter provides will expose properly for middle grey. Matrix, Center Weighted, Spot: They ALL do the same thing, expose for middle grey, all the time, every time (yes, I know, Matrix has a database of &quot;scenes' that it uses, etc. etc.). Think of it as a &quot;Middle Grey&quot; meter because really, that's what it is. It's up to us, as the brain behind the camera, to use the known baseline of middle grey exposure provided by the light meter to adjust our exposure to what is &quot;correct&quot; for that particular shot.That... And learn to read and understand histograms and/or watch your blinkies screen to prevent blowout.&nbsp; ....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 427242, member: 13090"] I don't find Spot metering particularly esoteric or advanced: It meters off a very specific area. Not so tough to understand. How Matrix metering works is far more complicated in my opinion. As I've said before, the job of the camera's light meter is NOT to render perfect exposure. What correct exposure is for a particular shot is a [I]subjective[/I] assessment to be made by the photographer. The [I]objective[/I] data the light meter provides will expose properly for middle grey. Matrix, Center Weighted, Spot: They ALL do the same thing, expose for middle grey, all the time, every time (yes, I know, Matrix has a database of "scenes' that it uses, etc. etc.). Think of it as a "Middle Grey" meter because really, that's what it is. It's up to us, as the brain behind the camera, to use the known baseline of middle grey exposure provided by the light meter to adjust our exposure to what is "correct" for that particular shot. That... And learn to read and understand histograms and/or watch your blinkies screen to prevent blowout. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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