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Having bright, blue skies are just what the photographers loved. But shooting your subjects against the skies can proved to be a disaster if your camera's built-in meter is fooled into thinking the sky, and not the main element to be the subject matter. Fortunately, all the EOS cameras, including the EOS-1N, are able to counter what most of the built-in meter's tendency to give underexposure in such circumstances with their Evaluative metering systems as shown in Photo G. Having variable contrast between the highlights and shadow areas can be complicated for most cameras' built-in light meters as well but this is not the case for the EOS cameras' Evaluative metering systems. In situations like these, you have to place special care as to which part of the picture area is more important for you to retain. In Photo H, the vertical shot of a riverfront hotel and shopping arcade (foreground) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, I used the same method as the sunrise photos, slanted the EOS-1N and took the readings from that slanted angle (AF points locked onto the hotel & arcade) and recomposed the shot. The result? Another perfect exposure!
Before you proceed to read further on how the Canon EOS-1N RS high-speed camera cope with its 16-zone Evaluative metering system, take a look at the gallery of images that were captured with the standard EOS-1N model with the same metering option. They are placed in three categories: Available Light, High Contrast -- Indoor & High Contrast -- Outdoor. Canon EOS-1N's Evaluative Metering Gallery (1) Available Light
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