What Metering Mode Do You Use???

[calicokat]

We have a nice thread going on shooting modes, how about one for metering modes??? I like evaluative metering the best. It is usually correct for my shooting style.

[René Damkot]

Evaluative when on Av or P, partial on M.

[Jon]

Mostly Eval. Anything else is dictated by the situation.

[calicokat]

Evaluative when on Av or P, partial on M.

Just asking, why Partial with M mode??? Thanks

[René Damkot]

That way I know what I'm metering / correcting to, while it's less 'fussy' then spotmetering.

[SkipD]

Always partial, M about half the time, Av or Tv for most of the rest except P with the flash.

[Tom W]

Mostly evaluative. Sometimes center weighted, partial or spot as the situation dictates.

[lon10c]

For nature photography (birds mostly) I prefer spot metering and use CF-13 to link spot metering to the active AF point.

I use Evaluative Metering for most everything else and sometimes for nature.

If subject is brightly back lit I sometimes use Partial Metering if I think about it.

[foxbat]

Evaluative all the time. I can usually tell when it's going to be off and a little +/- compensation fixes that.

[spiky_simon]

Evaluative for me, it's nearly always right. If the lighting situation is tricky, then I use the histogram and dial in some compensation