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[@jonathanellis5811]

Spot metering is really great for shooting a person in a dark area with a bright background!

[@Cripalani]

I learned more from your comment than from this video

[@marike1100]

Was thinking the same thing, basically that he’s giving bad or too general advice

[@hamzasaleh8570]

Also good for birds in the sky, also centered could work but it could depend on how zoomed i you are

[@aarsen.1]

@@Cripalani that is literally what canon camera says in description of each method

[@timurhisman809]

Or at a wedding, when the man is in black and the women in white by exemple. Then you use spot and put it on the face

[@erickalvarado7252]

My man was like: “This the setting you have never even heard of!” “I recommend you not touch it tho” 💀 Still cool to know and I’ll definitely be playing around with those settings to see what works better for me. Thanks a lot!

[@lazywallstreetnews7234]

Spot metering is how you get crisp shots of stuff at night like the moon. I just bought a camera 2 days ago and metering might be the easiest fix to most focusing issues you have depending on lighting. Literally my first week of photography but already getting the flow of it!

[@global001]

The correct mode depends on the lighting environment. Use spot when the background is either too bright or dark for the subject to be exposed correctly.

[@annoholics]

Just use your exposure compensation dial for that. Much easier and gives the best results to me. You can combine it with zebras so you get a warning when you are overexposing but you can just as well look at the histogram. When there is minimal action you can of course also use HDR.

[@michaelbankart916]

@@annoholics I use both personally, but the spot metering is sometimes a lot better. I shoot mostly wildlife and if the subject and background lighting are changing as the subject moves, spot metering ensures i keep the subject correctly exposed. But all is situational and both are useful at the right time.

[@annoholics]

@@michaelbankart916 The problem I have with spot metering is that it looks just at a spot. If that spot is representative for the whole subject that you like to photograph then everything is fine. However, if you are photographing a black and white bird then it makes a huge difference if your spot is on a white feather or a black feather. Sinds the bird is moving, it might change all the time. As long as enough detail is stil visible in the whites and the blacks, then you can do a lot in the editing. That is why I recommend watching the histogram and the picture overall and adjust the mistakes the camera makes with the compensation dial.

[@kiranmaykalita8485]

​@@annoholicsIn Sony cameras we can change the size of the spot metering setting. But my Canon 200D doesn't have it, it just meters wherever my Dual Pixel AF area follows. For events and concerts it still serves well because it exposes the subject perfectly, and the background is pretty much recoverable. But in videos, I find Multi Metering is the best because everyone exposes on multi mode when shooting Log.

[@Vikanuck]

I have a Canon 90D, and can actually say I was insanely impressed with its out of box capabilities. I often find that I have to do very little tweaking to settings when I want to get the kind of shot I’m looking for. ISO is really the only thing that makes or breaks the photo if it’s not used right. But to be fair I also have 2 lenses that equal about as much as the camera does themselves so they’re also doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Love the tips though. I always find myself exploring and figuring out new things when I see something I haven’t seen before in your video.

[@shankhanilsarkar2161]

Believe me I use these metering modes for different cases. I hope there are many people out there who are using these too!

[@jonathonrowley3535]

Please ignore him, touch it, explore your settings and evolve your photography.

[@extreme123dz]

Please ignore Jonathon Rowley, dont touch it, dont explore the settings and break the camera, faind a better way to evolve your photography.

[@adisoncardoso]

@@extreme123dz how does changing the metering setting - or any other setting for that matter - break a camera?

[@kll.switch]

@@extreme123dz Please ignore me. Touch your camera. Break your settings. This doesn’t make sense. Good bye.

[@kast404]

@@extreme123dz explore ur camera. If u “break” ur camera by changing the settings, then reset it. Or look up help online. Its part of the earning process

[@noobian3314]

Please ignore your camera, touch yourself and explore your settings, find a better way to evolve your pornography

[@Soundwave857]

One of those features not needed anymore on mirrorless since the exposure gets displayed in the EVF

[@paul.goodman]

Never trust your evf of lcd. Histograms are there not for no reason

[@BharathRamMS]

Very concise. To the point. No unnecessary technical words. Appreciate it.

[@EliasValenzuelaNunez]

I prefer central weighted since I can put the center on my subject and know how to expose correctly (I shoot manual and find this to be the easiest).

[@maximolopez9135]

I use it all the time, if you get to know all the settings you can do really cool stuff with your camera and push your creativity

[@fedzalicious]

You should absolutely play around with your metering setting. It depends on what you're trying to shoot. If you're trying to shoot the moon, for example, you'd want spot metering to prioritize the exposure of the moon. Taking a portrait shot with a bright background, you might want to use an off center spot meter, depending on your composition. In fact, you should play around with every setting on your camera. The more familiar you are with your gear, the better. If you want to improve, get out of your comfort zone.

[@LevyCarneiro]

I find that Default metering plus Exposure Compensation + or - works for all situations for me. Most of the time the default metering works fine, and sometimes I add a little compensation. I find this better than having to select a metering mode.

[@emorial.mp4]

Super helpful, I never touched this, but I think it could be very useful for creating sillouettes or layers

[@rubpp]

This is one of the settings that i most change in my cameras. Each option is made for different situations. For example, i usually shot portraits and animals in spot metering while i prefer to use matrix for landscapes and similar. I started to pay attention to it and to many mote after I started to shoot film, as you usually don't want to waste any shot you have.

[@R1CK_54NCH3Z]

Maybe you could make a flow chart for taking the different types of shots that start with the lens choice and all the camera setting and lighting, which would be informative to beginners understand how an when to use all setting and in what order.

[@mayukhbari]

Mostly use center weighted, but I keep changing. It is all about photography style and subject preferences of the photographer

[@wtfismyhandle]

You slick bastard. That was a smooth video loop!

[@rsatonyplayz5186]

My phone's pro mode has both centre weighted and spot metering. Glad that mobile cameras try to match expensive cameras (even though they can't)

[@kushspatel]

thrust me i’ve touched this setting. but had absolutely no idea how to use it. i appreciate this.

[@Saaty7]

I am loving your video vfx

[@HHHavenn]

i have in fact touched that setting

[@tillhartmann1010]

I only use spot and default mode. And I touched this setting.😊

[@hoangvu620]

Just leave it at default on soft light. When the light is complicated and you don't know wtf the camera is doing, shoot in M. Work like a charm. EVERY TIME.

[@izzatIHH55]

The irony is that I always play with metering during my early days of photography because of the subject and background exposure. But now I settled with the matrix metering because it balances all the exposure information in the photo so I can properly adjust it in my editing software.

[@LoFiAxolotl]

For portraits you really should use spot metering... for landscapes, street photography, architecture etc matrix metering is the way to go

[@VapingBeard]

I use spot when I'm bracketing

[@HawkFest]

Perfect loop, good job!

[@Wistbacka]

I've begun moving more and more to spot metering, as where I focus is usually where I want the exposure to be good

[@joshuaszeto]

I have found that for general amateur photography, evaluative is great. But for professional use, I almost exclusively use spot metering but I mostly do portraiture and product photography

[@firstnamelastname9955]

Never had a need to change it wih mirrorless. I just guesstimate the light value of the scene that I am intending to photograph and leave the camera on evaluative metering. I dial in the guesstimated settings in full manual and then look into the EVF and see how under or overexposed the scene is. This method has helped me guess exposure in most scenarios, and I am usually within 2/3rds of a stop. Sometimes I like to shoot with zonefocusing and aperture priority, so I will use exposure comp for exposure control. In this case, using evaluative metering (or center-weighted) is the most practical, in my-opinion if you are using zone-focusing for quick compositions. Since you don't have to worry about setting up focus, you can dial-in your exp. comp before you even bring up the camera to view. This works well with my fuji cameras, as they have purpose-built dials for these controls.

[@dvrkon7649]

Very helpful! Thanks Anthony :)

[@cheachea7050]

I like it 🥺❤️

[@mumbaikachallenge5526]

Amazing❤️

[@kelvincalibrephotography1828]

Your account is growing I'm so happy for you iv been here since day 1 🇳🇬

[@thirishudhan]

I have seen it in my mobile camera and now I can use it

[@niteshdhakal295]

You explained all that just to say leave it to default 👌

[@eliecastonguay]

Very cool video 🙂

[@velvetrooster5569]

I’ve touched it many times. I like metering to be focused on the entire frame, so yeah, like you said default mode, because I like the entire frame to be properly lit.

[@subhrajitroy4613]

Yes...I use that all the time

[@harry_lee193]

‘you’ve never touched’ nah I use this all the time 😂

[@PhotoStudio96]

Great advice 🤙🙌

[@matejgrim]

Same as white balance. I shoot everything in raw, so it's not necessary to worry about it.

[@drizzypuffs523]

Big thanks. Great tip

[@AJCoReTV]

Sweet loop!

[@AngryApple]

I usually use Spot Metering its the most similar to my analog cameras light meter

[@Booyamakashi]

Literally i change it every time i go out shooting.

[@channelzone265]

Thanks brother

[@BrowningFirearms]

You should make some videos about the different focus modes of you haven't already!

[@dogwater1089]

I can image spot metering/ center metering to be used in senarios where you have a set subject, like with products or portraits. Just counting 1 and 1.

[@KOKOBC]

I literally use that all the time for silhouettes

[@drrenard1277]

I love spot metering.

[@fourteenwinds]

Cool Video, what RGB Tubes are you using as your practicals in the background?

[@aaronportanova]

On my 1D I changed some of the custom functions to brighten and spot meter around the active AF point. But yes evaluative works for 90% of situations

[@cool_manreal]

I changed it to centre weighted, it fits my style as my subject usually is on the middle, left and right of the photo.

[@thimoschreiber4275]

Actually this is a setting i use very very often. When shooting bitds you have changeing enviroments and situations so you need to change it or sometimes lose a lot of Image Qualiti by noise, Image burn and even high chromatic aberrations sometimes occur because of it

[@ninadbhattacharyya6849]

Matrix, Spot and Highlight....my usual metering settings 😊

[@dr.jessliu9822]

Love your content! Does metering still work in manual mode? Thank you.

[@ezekielkok1848]

Ha! I’ve touched it a few times before!

[@jeremykhngte]

I always change this according to the subject and style i shot

[@MuhlisErtugrul]

How about day-to-night timelapses where I should leave the the camera on aperture-priority mode? Should I set my camera to the matrix setting?

[@saifulhadi0401]

I do change it sometimes for some creative shot, without going into full manual.

[@BlairAir]

Play with metering all the time on my phone, my cameras and yes, my drone- now figure out what drone.

[@CleanSlateFarm]

Set up a programmable button to switch on the fly.

[@micahharman1493]

Great video. How do you get that classic shooting information screen on the back of your r5? Would a similar process apply to other eos r series cameras

[@MrSolidair]

I always use spot metering.

[@DreySantesson]

My man ! Me too

[@Topfuel_lover]

I own a nikon d2xs and the metering switch is on top of the camera so I use it alot

[@MinerTechTips]

Nicee loop dude 😂

[@dperreno]

I use that all the time.

[@YazidLounis]

I saw it but I'm didn't know what to do with it tnx ✌🏻

[@anipie4854]

Ohh nice always been wondering what it is in my phone in pro mode

[@Black_Jesus3005]

I’ve learned to leave on default early on. I haven’t found an explanation on what situation would call for the other modes. Can you give examples?

[@noartifacts1983]

Spot metering ftw

[@Bruhidfk]

Highlight metering ftw

[@godson8559]

i explore each and every settings in any of my electronic devices

[@suhaastsunduru887]

i can say with assurance that i have indeed used metering !!

[@SamFigueroa]

Spot for life

[@alansach8437]

I used to "touch" metering a lot. Everyone should learn how the different modes work. Nowadays, however, with simulated exposure in the viewfinder of mirrorless cameras, it's a game changer. Look in the viewfinder, dial the exposure up or down until you see what you want, and press the button. It's almost cheating! It is cheating! I hope everyone still learns about exposure, reciprocity, spot mode, center weighted averaging, 18% gray etc. It's important to know why something works, not just that it does. Certainly understanding the relationship between aperture and shutter speed to depth of field and freezing or blurring action are vital, but exposure preview frees the photographer to concentrate on composition and creating the best image possible.

[@minimalsayan.]

Which one is best for product and lifestyle photography?

[@Ryne4S]

does this actually matter on manual mode? I rarely use priority mode on photography and always stick to M

[@Sphyxx]

I keep changing it trying to find which one is the one I need and always land on center weighted metering on my Nikon D5100 with the AF-S Nikkor 18-55 1:3.5-5.6 G (I'm just a beginner who got a hold of moms camera she got 11 years ago I have actually 0 clue what I'm doing I just adjust until it looks good to my eyes)

[@rokpodlogar6062]

with EVF it's kind of all the same since you see the end product anyway, sort of.

[@dcameron7736]

SONY has best one! Spot metering that follows your focus point

[@n5sdm]

As someone who owns a light meter and teaches others how to use cameras, I do indeed touch it. Ask nikon users if they do...... or if they even use manual....or know what manual is

[@SomeGuyMaxx]

What's the best mode for car photography?

[@TheBigDeeps]

I use highlight metering for portraits

[@gotja]

Highlight priority metering is something I wish would be more of a thing. Isn't Pentax the only one that does that?

[@alexortner]

"never"? It´s one of the settings I´m using the most and thats why its on Fn2 button for quick change on my Z6II

[@pino_de_vogel]

i use center weighter with manual lock after single point focus.

[@SouravBagchigoogleplus]

Old SLR days... 🤤

[@rob9386]

But are you metering for the right thing? If you slot meter off white you should set you exposure to plus 2

[@goopcat]

I like center weighted.

[@benmendeja5199]

Almost never touch, for some maybe, but for me i use it all the time

[@aldoguerrero2705]

Point mode it's the only way to do a photo with the zone Sistem but of course you don't know that

[@lidge1994]

I assume leaving it on Matrix is fine unless there's a bright background, then spot metering? Am I wrong?

[@rameshkumarthakur8565]

Most of the time ,,,matrix but spot metering is way to go for me ...

[@petrpohnan875]

Spot metering is not connected with the actual focus point with your Canon. It is only metering in the very center of an image. Only some 1D series camera had it bonded to a focusing point. But all ML Canons spot meter at the centre only.

[@KalabelaiGaming]

What's the best metering mode for night street photography?

[@chelbepan65]

Can you show an example of spot metering in action?

[@adamkormendi5904]

Try to capture the Moon

[@thriftysimplicity]

All I learned is that I love your eyes! ❤😊