GigaPan EPIC Pro User Manual

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Canon 5D Mark II

Canon Rebel T1i

Nikon D700

Nikon D90

Small WB button

on the top right

hand side of the

camera. Use the

small dial on top

of the camera to

select spot meter.

Press the set but-

ton in the middle

of the directional

buttons on the

back right hand

side of the camera.

Use the buttons

that surround to

navigate to the

icon that is on the

right hand side

and the third row

up. Press the set

button again. Use

the left and right

buttons to select

spot metering.

There is a dial that

is to the right of the

eye piece. Rotate

the dial counter

clockwise until it

points at the single

dot. This sets the

metering type to a

spot meter.

Use the Center-

Weighted Area

metering mode.

The default circle

is 8mm. You can

change this to

6mm for a smaller

spot.

This is changed in

Custom settings B

menu underneath

b3 center weighted

area. There are

other metering

settings that can

affect metering.

*Thecameras use the quotation mark similar to the way the North American decimal point

is used. In Europe, the comma is used to denote the decimal point. DSLR viewfinders will

display only the denominator if the shutter speed is a fraction while the LCD will display the

Two methods are shown below. The first method simply requires you to count the number

of shutter values required to travel between each extreme to the average exposure. The

second method requires you to divide by two or multiply by two until you reach the other

meter reading. Let’s use an example where you meter 1 second in the shadows, 1/4 sec-

ond average exposure, and 1/160 of a second in bright areas where you want to be able

resolve details.

Method One

EV distance from brightest area to average exposure using 1/3 EV shutter

settings

1/80 1/60 1/50 1/40

1/30

0 EV 1/3

2/3

4/3

5/3

7/3

1/25 1/20

1/15 1/13 1/10

1/8

1/4

8/3

10/3 11/3 +4

13/3 14/3