Nikon 4500 - Manual (Page 105)

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Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu
Measuring Light: Metering
The metering menu offers a choice of four meter-
ing methods that determine how the camera sets
exposure (in
and scene modes, matrix meter-
ing is used).
Option Description
Matrix
Compares measurements from 256 areas of frame with library
of typical compositions to produce optimal exposure for entire
image. Best choice in most circumstances.
Spot
Camera measures light in area shown by square in center of
monitor. Only about
1 /
32
of entire frame is metered. Ensures
that subject in metering target will be correctly exposed even
when background is much brighter or darker. Can be used
with autoexposure lock (
108) to meter off-center subjects.
Center-
Weighted
Camera meters light in entire frame but assigns a weight of
80% to area in center of frame occupying roughly
1 /
4
of total.
Classic meter for portraits; preserves background details while
letting lighting conditions at center of frame determine expo-
sure. Can be used with autoexposure lock (
108) to meter
off-center subjects.
Spot AF
Area
Camera measures light in current focus area only. Useful when
you want to use spot metering with manual or automatic focus-
area selection (
110) to meter an off-center subject.
Confirming the Metering Method
At settings other than Matrix, the current meter-
ing method is indicated by an icon in the monitor.
Spot-metering
target