Spot Metering

So I have generally shot sports with "evaluative metering" but was reading another thread and read about spot metering. I have set both my 1D Mark III and 7D to spot metering. What am I missing. I use center point focus so I am usually centered on the person being shot. Is there a reason that I would not want to use spot metering?

If you are using Av or Tv mode, spot metering will play havoc on your settings. If you focus on a dark jersey, it will tend to overexpose the faces, on a white jersey it will underexpose the faces.

I would personally not recommend it.

I shoot virtually everything in Manual so others might have a better suggestion on which mode would work better for Av or Tv mode.

Big K wrote in post #9083712
If you are using Av or Tv mode, spot metering will play havoc on your settings. If you focus on a dark jersey, it will tend to overexpose the faces, on a white jersey it will underexpose the faces.

I would personally not recommend it.

I shoot virtually everything in Manual so others might have a better suggestion on which mode would work better for Av or Tv mode.

Actually I do shoot in either AV or TV mode depending on conditions. I guess that makes sense since with these cameras you are using about 3% +/- to define exposure.

I use spot metering but only because I shoot full manual.

slimenta wrote in post #9083744
Actually I do shoot in either AV or TV mode depending on conditions. I guess that makes sense since with these cameras you are using about 3% +/- to define exposure.

I used Center-weighted metering during daytime football games with good success. I found that spot metereing, using Av would cause some drastic changes in shutter speed. Center-weighted had a good balance with much fewer over/underexposed images.

Other than those few daylight games, I shoot strictly manual and always use spot metering.