D300's Centre-weighted Metering

Quinty · 9th September 2008

I'd like to ask if this metering will take into account the centre portion of the frame or centre from the AF point..
Was testing out just now and it seems like metering centrally from the AF point..
Is this true for all of you ?

talisman · 9th September 2008

hmmm...that's interesting.
to be honest, i took for granted that it is from the centre of the frame (not from the AF point).

can u share a photo of ur finding?
I will try it out this weekend as well.

tanjonhan · 9th September 2008

cant be la...if its centre of focus point...that is such a small area.............not centre weight alr leh...maybe it is due to your shooting conditions..?

Quinty · 9th September 2008

Not that dot in the centre of the AF point but centre-weightage centralised around the AF point..
Just wanna confirm things..

Daedalus Trent · 9th September 2008

Originally Posted by tanjonhan

cant be la...if its centre of focus point...that is such a small area.............not centre weight alr leh...maybe it is due to your shooting conditions..?

yea...kinda unlikely

Read the manual again? Could you have set it to 'spot-metering'?

zac08 · 9th September 2008

Should be from centre of frame...

8mm should be set as default

huggable · 9th September 2008

IIRC centre-weighted means the exposure is calculated based on the average of the whole frame, hence there's a very low chance of over/under exposure.

The 8mm thingie is for spot metering, where you specify the size of the spot used for metering.

zac08 · 9th September 2008

Originally Posted by huggable

IIRC centre-weighted means the exposure is calculated based on the average of the whole frame, hence there's a very low chance of over/under exposure.

The 8mm thingie is for spot metering, where you specify the size of the spot used for metering.

Spot is 3mm...

9th September 2008	#1
Quinty Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 104	D300's Centre-weighted Metering I'd like to ask if this metering will take into account the centre portion of the frame or centre from the AF point.. Was testing out just now and it seems like metering centrally from the AF point.. Is this true for all of you ?

9th September 2008	#2
talisman Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 280	Re: D300's Centre-weighted Metering hmmm...that's interesting. to be honest, i took for granted that it is from the centre of the frame (not from the AF point). can u share a photo of ur finding? I will try it out this weekend as well.

9th September 2008	#3
tanjonhan Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,515	Re: D300's Centre-weighted Metering cant be la...if its centre of focus point...that is such a small area.............not centre weight alr leh...maybe it is due to your shooting conditions..?

9th September 2008	#4
Quinty Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 104	Re: D300's Centre-weighted Metering Not that dot in the centre of the AF point but centre-weightage centralised around the AF point.. Just wanna confirm things..

9th September 2008	#6
zac08 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Posts: 10,959	Re: D300's Centre-weighted Metering Should be from centre of frame... 8mm should be set as default __________________ Michael Lim My Flickr Site APAD 2009

9th September 2008	#7
huggable Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: East side Posts: 3,029	Re: D300's Centre-weighted Metering IIRC centre-weighted means the exposure is calculated based on the average of the whole frame, hence there's a very low chance of over/under exposure. The 8mm thingie is for spot metering, where you specify the size of the spot used for metering.