Advanced feature: using Highlight-weighted metering

Highlight-weighted metering is available on selected DSLRS and Z-series cameras. It is designed to ensure that, when the camera meters a scene, the highlights are properly exposed and not ‘blown out’. It can be used for both static and action shots and subjects lit by shafts of ambient light, spotlights or coloured lighting. To get the best from this metering mode, it’s best to use it with subjects such as performers on stage, a bride under spotlights in a wedding dress or wherever you have uneven lighting and your background is very dark compared to your subject or foreground. As highlight-weighted metering is designed to detect and meter for highlights, you can also use it on moving subjects that may be difficult to target with Spot metering and without constantly adjusting the exposure compensation settings if you are using Matrix metering. Highlight-weighted metering also takes into account the colour of the light source, again preventing overexposure in these situations, even if the lights have a strong colour cast.