Nikon VAA106E5 - Coolpix 950 Digital Camera Pocket Manual - Page 9
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Lighting
The COOLPIX 950 offers a number of functions for dealing with
different lighting conditions. In addition to the flash, sensitivity, and
exposure compensation settings discussed in the Fast Track Guide ,
you can use metering, white balance, and image adjustment to cope
with different lighting conditions or produce a variety of lighting effects.
Metering
The camera measures the amount of light available and adjusts
exposure accordingly using one of the three metering methods listed
below. Exposure is fixed when the shutter-release button is half-
pressed (exposure lock).
Method
Matrix
Spot
Center-
weighted
Taking Photographs: Lighting
How it works
Camera measures the
brightness and contrast
of the scene in 256 ar-
eas of the frame and
adjusts exposure to a
level that captures both
bright and shaded por-
tions of the image.
Camera measures light
only in a small area at
the center of the frame,
shown by a square in
the LCD monitor.
Camera measures light
in the entire frame, but
assigns greatest weight
to center portion.
When to use it
This setting is best for
general use. Exposure
is calculated by com-
paring measurements
from 256 areas of the
scene with a reference
library of typical com-
positions, producing
the best possible set-
ting for the photo.
Ensures that the sub-
ject will be correctly
exposed even if the
background is very
bright or very dark.
Use this setting to pre-
serve background de-
tails while letting light-
ing conditions at the
center of the frame de-
fine exposure.
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