Nikon 990 User Manual download pdf (Page 51)

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The metering method is

shown by icons in the control

panel and LCD monitor (when

Spot AF Area is chosen, a

spot-metering icon ( ) ap-

pears in the control panel).

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Advanced Photography: Metering

Method

Auto-Exposure Hold

Pressing the shutter-release button halfway not only locks fo-

cus, but also exposure. This can be used together with spot or

center-weighted metering to set exposure for a subject not at

the center of the final composition.

Set metering to (spot) or (center-weighted).

Position the subject

in the center of the

frame and press the

shutter-release but-

ton halfway.

Keeping the shutter-

release button held

halfway down, re-

compose your pho-

tograph. Press the

shutter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot.

Digital zoom

Focus options

Focus area

Focus lock

For more information on:

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How it works When to use it

Center-

Weighted

Camera mea-

sures lighting in

entire frame, but

assigns weight of

80% to area in

center of frame

occupying roughly

of total

Classic meter for portraits;

preserves background

details while letting lighting

conditions at center of

frame determine exposure.

Selected automatically

when digital zoom is used.

Can be used in combination

with AE hold (see right).

Spot AF

Area

Camera measures

light in current

focus area only

When Auto or Manual is

chosen in FOCUS OP-

TIONS > AF Area Mode

sub-menu, this option can

be used to link spot meter-

ing to currently selected

focus area. When OFF is

chosen, this option is

equivalent to “Matrix.”

When manual focus is in

effect, this option is equiva-

lent to “Spot.”

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