Hi Tom Thanks for answering my question. The Canon has: Partial 9% (so a large spot) not averaged. Center weighted average and Evaluate (same sort of thing as Nikons matrix I think) I had heard that the Nikon had spot metering option, (something that Canon IMO should offer on their prosumer bodies) It really depends on the entire scene what I use but usually partial 9% (best in camera option I have as far as spot metering goes) other than that I take an incident reading with a hand held meter and usually shoot in manual. Of course for studio work I meter each light individually and shoot manually, so not having a spot doesnt matter. As I understand it spot is 1-3% at least that how it is on the high end Canon bodies, like you say even 1% of a landscape is quite a large area.

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