All but the most basic of digital cameras offer a selection of metering modes, usually multi-pattern evaluative, centre-weighted and spot metering. Unfortunately, many photographers don’t know how to ...

We've previously looked at how aperture, shutter speed and ISO can control the amount of light your camera uses, and how they're related in the exposure triangle. But how does a camera determine what ...

Since buying the Evo4g I am going to use the phone as my primary point and shoot. One thing I noticed is that the camera lets you choose metering. The choices are Spot, Average and Center area. I've ...

Exposure determination in modern cameras is largely automated, although advanced cameras let photographers override the camera settings and also set exposures manually. An exposure setting has two ...

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A meter that takes measurements from a one degree angle. Some advanced SLR cameras have an integral spot meter with the measuring pattern marked on the viewing screen. Cameras and exposure meters can ...

Photographers may be interested in a new affordable spot meter created by Matt Bechberger and the development team at Reveni Labs. Launched via Kickstarter this month the campaigners already raised ...

The ADCC-3100 from Avago Technologies is a 1/5-inch optical format, 1.3-Mpixel small form factor (SFF) CMOS image sensor with advanced image processing, including spot metering capabilities. SFF CMOS ...