help understanding how my cameras metering works.

[mowse73]

Hi everyone, When i zoom in to get a meter reading, will my camera take its reading from the centre point of the viewfinder or will it take it from what point i have selected on my 9 point system(the point that is red) I have a canon 400d. I hope that makes sense
i usualy have my meter set to partial.

 

[AlexW]

You can normally select one of three settings. Matrix (I think Cannon call this evaluation), centre weighted or spot. so these either meter on the whole scene, or bias to the centre. You can't bias to another focus point.

 

[mowse73]

thx Alex. That answers my question.

 

[eccles]

The Canon 400D doesn't have spot metering. The partial mode is the closest it has, and it's fixed at the central area.

 

[gheesom]

I think it covers something like 9% of the central area. There is a good book called understanding exposure that you can pick up. will explain it all pretty well.