Colin, Tyler, thank you very much for chiming in ref my spot metering question. I just did a simple experiment myself: manual shutter speed and aperture, auto ISO, large spot focus area with tracking, large spot metering linked to focus point, I pointed the camera at a lit up light bulb right in the center, the exposure was perfect, no blinking zebra, then I moved the camera around so that the light bulb was not placed in the center of the frame, the zebra indicated it was over exposed. Then I placed the light bulb outside the center of the frame, the exposure was still correct in the beginning, but when I started moving the camera around, it was over exposed. It only works with the initial position. That's a bit shocking to me.
So in the Sony help guide, "Even if the spot metering position is coordinated with the [Tracking] start position, it will not be coordinated with the tracking of the subject." really means the spot metering linked to focus point only works in the very beginning, as soon as the subject moves away from the initial position, it's useless.
Nov 14, 2022 at 08:32 PM
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