Canon PowerShot S2 IS User Manual

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89Shooting-Advanced Functions6Switching between Metering ModesLight metering measures the brightness of a subject. By selecting theoptimal mode, you can shoot a subject with the optimal exposure.Evaluative metering is the default metering mode.1 Press the button to select a metering mode.z Each press of the button changes the metering mode as follows.z The icon of the currently selected light metering mode appears on theLCD monitor (or viewfinder).[Evaluative] and [Center-Weighted Averaging] shoot the subject as itappears.To set [Spot AE Point], go to Step 2.2 In the [ (Rec.)] menu, select [SpotAE Point].See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 73).Mode DialEvaluativeThe camera divides images into several zones for light metering.The camera evaluates complex lighting conditions, such as theposition of the subject, the brightness, the background, the directlight, and the backlighting, and adjusts the settings to the correctexposure for the main subject.Center-WeightedAverageAverages the light metered from the entire frame, but gives greaterweight to the subject matter at the center.Spot AE Point Meters the area within the spot AE point frame.Center Locks the spot metering frame to the center of the LCD monitor.AF Point Moves the spot AE point to the AF frame.(Evaluative)(Spot AE Point)(Center-Weighted Averaging)