Unlike the other metering modes, which include the entire frame in their evaluations, spot metering takes a single exposure reading from the centre of the field and ignores everything else in the ...

Knowing when to use spot metering is one of the questions we often hear from photographers who are struggling to get accurate exposures. The default matrix, or multi-segment, metering on most ...

This photo was taken with spot metering with the tree as the subject, and as a result has over-exposed the bright sky. Simon Crisp/New Atlas. 10 / 10.

But spot metering needs to be used with care. You have to position the spot very carefully to get an accurate reading, and that's not easy if your subject is moving.

Centre-weighted average metering biases exposure levels towards the centre of the frame but takes the remainder of the frame into account. Spot metering takes a single reading from a small section of ...

Use spot metering, lower ISO to 100-200, increase the shutter speed to 1/250s or faster, adjust aperture higher to f/8 or f/11, enable negative exposure compensation, shoot early morning or ...

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 ...

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 ...