GeoKras1989 wrote in post #17613439
How else should I refer to using the center of the VF to spot-meter because my subject is on a 1/3 line somewhere? I am not averse to actually doing it. Is it just a given, and I should stop specifying it so often? I am learning good stuff here. Not trying to offend anyone.
<sigh> the dSLR has overly complicated things, compared to traditional SLR usage!
'In the old days' we had only a focusing aid in the center of the screen (the outer area groundglass was typically insufficiently precise). And TTL SLRs did not come to have spot metering capability (with only a couple of exceptions, like the Pentax Spotmatic) until the 1980s.
The AF dSLR gives flexibility of AF points within a group of points, so you can minimize the focus error induced by focus-recompose.
OTOH, the need (or lack of need, in the case of the 1Dn) to meter with subject centered is merely a matter of convenience and increased speed of shooting.
So do not worry about 'recompose' outside the context of focusing with accuracy and precision, as it matters not. Unless speed of shooting is a concern, and then hope for salvation in 'constant lighting'. Then 'constant lighting' makes the postprocessing task a whole lot less arduous and time intensive.
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