What are the 9000s metering modes?
The 9000 has 4 metering modes, selected by turning a dial on the rewind crank. The metered exposure settings can be locked by maintaining pressure on the autoexposure lock key, situated under your thumb on the back panel of the camera. The metering indicator in the viewfinder blinks if the ambient light level is outside the meter’s range of accuracy. • Centre-weighted average metering With centre-weighted average metering the sensitivity is EV 1-20 with ISO 100 film and a 50mm f/1.4 lens. • Spot metering for mid-tones Meters a 5.5mm diameter circle (2.7% of the film frame) in the centre of the viewfinder. This metering mode is designed to correctly exposure a mid-grey tone (the traditional photographer’s 18% grey card). • Spot metering for highlights Meters the same 5.5mm diameter circle as mid-tone spot-metering, then introduces a 2 1/4 stop overexposure. This metering mode is designed to correctly expose the light-toned highlights of the image, which would appear too dark (underexpos
