Olympus C-720 Ultra Zoom - Manual (Page 66)

Chapter 5
Advanced shooting
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Spot metering
— Selecting the metering area
There are 2 metering methods: Digital ESP metering and spot metering.
Digital ESP metering: Meters the center of the subject and the area around it.
Spot metering: Exposure is determined by metering within the AF target
mark. In this mode, a subject can be shot with optimal exposure regardless of
the background light. In the working range of the macro mode, spot metering
is also available (spot metering+macro mode).
Mode dial
setting
1 Press the button repeatedly until (spot metering) or
(spot metering+macro mode) appears.
● The indications change as follows (if all modes are available):
● If
is not pressed within 2 seconds after the selection screen is
displayed, the selection screen disappears.
2 Take a picture.
OFF/
/
No indication
(Digital ESP)
/ /
~
Macro mode (P. 68)
Factory default setting: Digital ESP
When selecting/When shooting
Spot metering