86Method How It Works When to Use ItCenter-WeightedCamera measures light in entire frame butassigns weight of 80% to area in center offrame occupying roughly 1/4 of totalClassic meter for portraits; preservesbackground details while letting lightingconditions at center of frame determineexposure. Selected automatically whendigital zoom ( 52) is used. Can be usedin combination with AE hold ( 87).Spot AF AreaCamera measures light in current focusarea onlyUse to link spot metering to currentlyselected focus area when manual or autofocus-area selection is in effect. Equiva-lent to “Matrix” when focus-area selec-tion ( 103) is off; equivalent to “Spot”when manual focus ( 76) is used.The metering method is shown by icons in the control panel andmonitor. When Spot AF Area is chosen, a spot-metering icon( ) appears in the control panel.P 1/601/60 F2.8 NORMALNORMAL[ 10]
