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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 661436" data-attributes="member: 12496">Your use of Single Point Metering term appears to be what the camera manual calls Spot Metering.&nbsp; Spot Metering is metered at the movable Single Focus Point, and it does shift flash mode from TTL BL to TTL&nbsp; (TTL flash mode can be useful indoors when the ambient metering is dim and underexposed).&nbsp; However, Matrix and Center Weighted metering will still have their own rules regarding wider frame area, regardless of where the focus point is.The problem with Spot metering is that it can serve special purposes, but for general use, it simply does not represent the frame area.&nbsp; Spot metering does NOT mean the spot is &quot;correctly&quot; exposed, it is reflective metering which means the spot should come out middle tone, regardless if that means correct or not. Then light or dark colored subjects will simply be wrong as middle tone. Spot metering requires much more thinking that does Matrix or Center Weighted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 661436, member: 12496"] Your use of Single Point Metering term appears to be what the camera manual calls Spot Metering. Spot Metering is metered at the movable Single Focus Point, and it does shift flash mode from TTL BL to TTL (TTL flash mode can be useful indoors when the ambient metering is dim and underexposed). However, Matrix and Center Weighted metering will still have their own rules regarding wider frame area, regardless of where the focus point is. The problem with Spot metering is that it can serve special purposes, but for general use, it simply does not represent the frame area. Spot metering does NOT mean the spot is "correctly" exposed, it is reflective metering which means the spot should come out middle tone, regardless if that means correct or not. Then light or dark colored subjects will simply be wrong as middle tone. Spot metering requires much more thinking that does Matrix or Center Weighted. [/QUOTE]

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