Article on Center-Weighted Metering.

[sk8belle]

This article was in the monthly email newsletter from Shutterbug. I think it does a good job of explaining how and when to use center-weighted metering on photos.

Read it here.

 

[Groucho]

Kinda interesting. My DSLR has three metering modes - the whole thing, center-weighted, or spot. I had it on spot for much of my WDW trip and found that I got a fair number of underexposed photos, especially outside. I've since gone back to center-weighted.

I don't think "whole scene" would work well for me, since years of using my film SLR means that I'm used to pointing the center of the camera at the spot I want to expose for and making sure the little needle was in the middle, then composing the photo...

 

[jann1033]

i am thinking i might try this as it should help with my still blown highlights..i took some seagulls the other day towards dusk and the sun was low and some of the backs are blown out...so guess in that case i should have metered off the gull?

 

[sk8belle]

That's what it sounds like to me. You would have to center your focus on the gulls or a darker part of the scene you're framing, the camera would meter off of that, then you reframe the scene as you want it.