5D2 Live View question........

When you're in Live View mode, it seems as if the metering is changed to spot metering with no other options. Is there a way to change it to evaluative mode at all? I like using this mode sometimes for landscapes and I like dialing in the focus with it, but I don't like the metering. Is this mode different on the 5D3 or 6D bodies?

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In that same thread is a helpful comment from Chuck Westphal about Live View metering

It should be noted that (in the 5D2) LV Evaluative is somewhat different from regular Evaluative and is weighted to the focus box which can be fairly freely moved around the screen.

tzalman wrote in post #16987923
It should be noted that (in the 5D2) LV Evaluative is somewhat different from regular Evaluative and is weighted to the focus box which can be fairly freely moved around the screen.

That's what I've noticed and it makes a huge difference where it is on the screen which is why I thought it was spot metering

tzalman wrote in post #16987923
It should be noted that (in the 5D2) LV Evaluative is somewhat different from regular Evaluative and is weighted to the focus box which can be fairly freely moved around the screen.

For Live View contrast detect AF or manual focus the exposure is established with the scene included within the magnification rectangle, as mentioned above. When shooting, take care to leave the magnification rectangle on a portion of the image which is representative of the desired exposure.
This behavior is shared by all of the Canon dSLRs from the 5DII onwards.
Mike K