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ManualsBrandsSony ManualsCamera & PhotoSony a9 Full Frame Mirrorless Interchangeable-Lens Camera (Body Only) (ILCE9/B)

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HelpGuide

InterchangeableLensDigitalCamera

ILCE-9 α9

MeteringMode

Selectsthemeteringmodethatsetswhichpartofthescreentomeasurefordeterminingtheexposure.

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Multi:

Measureslightoneachareaafterdividingthetotalareaintomultipleareasanddeterminestheproperexposureofthe

entirescreen(Multi-patternmetering).

Center:

Measurestheaveragebrightnessoftheentirescreen,whileemphasizingthecentralareaofthescreen(Center-

weightedmetering).

Spot:

Measuresonlythecentralarea(Spotmetering).Thismodeissuitable formeasuringlightonaspecifiedpartofthe

entirescreen.Thesizeofthemeteringcirclecanbeselectedfrom[Spot:Standard]and[Spot:Large].Thepositionof

themeteringcircledependsthesettingfor[SpotMeteringPoint].

EntireScreenAvg.:

Measurestheaveragebrightnessoftheentirescreen.Theexposurewillbestableevenifthecompositionorthe

positionofthesubjectchanges.

Highlight:

Measuresthebrightnesswhileemphasizingthehighlightedareaonthescreen.Thismodeissuitableforshootingthe

subjectwhileavoidingoverexposure.

Hint

When[Spot]isselectedand[FocusArea]issettoeither[FlexibleSpot]or[ExpandFlexibleSpot]while[SpotMeteringPoint]isset

to[FocusPointLink],thespotmeteringpointcanbecoordinatedwiththefocusarea.

When[MeteringMode]issetto[Highlight]andthe[D-RangeOpt.]or[AutoHDR]functionisactivated,thebrightnessandthe

contrastwillbecorrectedautomaticallybydividingtheimageintosmallareasandanalyzingthecontrastoflightandshadow.Make

settingsbasedontheshootingcircumstances.

Note

[MeteringMode]islockedto[Multi]inthefollowingshootingmodes:

[IntelligentAuto]

Otherzoomfunctionsthantheopticalzoom

In[Highlight]mode,thesubjectmaybedarkifabrighterpartexistsonthescreen.

RelatedTopic

AElock

SpotMeteringPoint

D-RangeOpt.(DRO)

AutoHDR

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MENU→

(CameraSettings1)→[MeteringMode]→desiredsetting.

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