Of course, before you can claim that the Spot metering is the best option available, incorrect exposures can be obtained too, if you don't know how to use this function the right way, as these photos below have shown. The first shot has the Spot meter aimed at the shadow area of the blocks of wood, resulting in an overexposed rendition of the photo. To correct it, the Spot meter was aimed at between the highlight/shadow areas toward the right side of the picture. And the correct exposure was obtained. Blocks of wood overexposed Blocks of wood correctly exposed     Off-center Spot metered subjects Another off-center spot metered subject One of the advantages the Spot meter has over the Evaluative is its ability to obtain readings directly off the subject matters without the user resorting to a close-up view by zooming (when using zoom lenses), locking the meter values, recomposing and shooting. Just take the meter reading as it is, and shoot. For the off-center shot of the two persons looking out from the restaurant window, the reading was obtained from one of the manually set of eleven Focus-linked Spot meterings using C. Fn 13-1. The same procedure was also used for the next shot of the fire hydrant. Of course, there is an adjustment to be made when the EOS-3 is to be used in conjunction with the C. Fn 13-1 - the need to shift the AF point to the Spot meter-linked type. If you think this is a hassle, the older method of using the central AF point for Spot metering/AE Lock combo for any off-center subject is the alternative. Below are four more examples of how the manually set Focus-linked Spot metering method was used to obtain the desired results. The man getting a drink from his water bottle was photographed with the AF point set to the left side using the Main Dial and the Quick Control Dial vertically with the PB-E2. The same procedure was used too, for the photo of the giant orange juice bottle. Man drinking water Giant orange juice bottle     Old and New Reflections from window panes As for the white colonial building shot against the modern version that was glowing under the evening sunlight, the Spot meter reading was obtained from a combination of both areas. The other surface of the colonial building as well as the neon sign will fool the Spot meter into giving the wrong values if the reading is to be obtained from either one. The reflected images in these window panes of another building was shot with the Spot meter reading taken directly off the advertising board's reflection. At first, I did consider having the reading taken off the brighter area of the reflection but the advertising board has a subdued contrast, coupled with the reddish appearance, had enabled the Spot meter to give the right exposure in the Tv mode of the EOS-3. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .