Understanding Camera Metering Modes: Which One Should You Use?

#Metering #Canon #landscapephotography #digitalphotography

Understanding Camera Metering Modes: Evaluative, Center Weighted, Partial, Spot - Which one should you use?

Many photographers leave their camera in the default metering mode without fully understanding why we have a choice of metering modes and what the effect is of each metering mode on the image. How does Evaluative metering differ from Center Weighted and what makes Partial better than Spot metering?

We step through the metering modes available to digital photographers, evaluating the best mode for a number of scenarios.

Cameras used for this video:
Canon 5Ds
Canon 5D Mk IV

Software that I use for Post Processing:

DxO Pure RAW (Pre Processing When Necessary)
Adobe Lightroom (Catalog Management and Editing)
DxO PhotoLab (RAW Processing)
Adobe Photoshop (Layer Based Processing)
Affinity Photo (Focus Stacking)
Nik Collection (post edit polish)

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Gear used to create the featured images

DJI Mavic Classic
Acratech Panoramic Head
Acratech Levelling Base
Feisol CT-3442 Carbon Fibre Tripod

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:41 The Problem that Metering Resolves
2:32 Why Multiple Metering Modes?
5:15 Evaluative (Matrix) Metering
6:20 Center Weighted Average
7:27 Partial Metering
8:54 Spot Metering
10:31 Top Tip

[chriswright.photography]

Using the optimal metering mode for a photograph is the first step in taking control of your RAW images. At best it can transform the picture, at the least, save much tiresome work in post processing!

[philippedevos]

Thank you very much, Chris, for this clear and instructive video, which is a good reminder of what I knew, but which, I confess, I no longer took into consideration.
Philippe