returns back to the compensation value you added with
the +/- Exposure compensation button and not to 0.
▪ On – This works the same way as Reset On (Auto
reset), except that the compensation you’ve dialed in
does not reset but stays in place, even if the meter or
camera is turned off.
▪ Off – Only the normal +/- Exposure compensation
button applies exposure compensation.
Note: The granularity of Easy exposure compensation’s EV
step fine-tuning is affected by Custom setting b3’s 1/3, 1/2, or
1 step setting. Also, the Command dials used to set
compensation can be swapped in Custom setting f8 (D300S)
or Custom setting f7 (D300), which we will consider later in
this chapter.
Center-Weighted Area
Custom setting b5 (D300S and D300)
(User’s Manual – D300S page 272; D300 page 277)
Center-weighted area allows you to control the area on the
Viewfinder that has the greatest weight in metering a subject
when in Center-weighted area metering mode. Years ago our
cameras didn’t have Matrix metering. Back in the good old
days, we all had averaging or partially averaging meters or
none at all.
If you prefer not to use Nikon’s built-in database of image
scenes, otherwise know as Matrix metering, and you only use
Spot metering as needed, you are most likely using the
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