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Spot Metering Circle on 5D3

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Sep 03, 2012 17:25 |  #1

Hello guys!
I came to my country house and forgot my 5D3 manual at home, so quick question here:

Is there a way to turn the Spot Metering Circle in the Viewfinder of the 5D3 off?
I wanted a clear viewfinder with just my selected AF point showing.

If so, can you please describe the process?

Thank you in advance! ;)

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Sep 03, 2012 19:20 |  #2

Not possible. The spot metering circle and at least 1 AF point are always visible.




  
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Sep 03, 2012 19:39 |  #3

The only viewfinder display options are the display grid, the display level; and you can enable/disable the '!' warning when you have Spot metering mode selection.

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Sep 03, 2012 19:49 |  #4

Well.. I'll have to learn to live with it, so...
Thanks guys ;)

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Sep 04, 2012 03:38 as a reply to  @ Alex_Venom's post |  #5

Doesn't it disappear if you use something else than spot metering?

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Sep 04, 2012 06:10 |  #6

apersson850 wrote in post #14945365 (external link)
Doesn't it disappear if you use something else than spot metering?

Nope :(

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Sep 04, 2012 08:41 as a reply to  @ Alex_Venom's post |  #7

Oh. I thought it did, since my 7D does that.

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