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What is Spot Meter in photography?

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It is a light meter reading of a small centralized area within the camera's field of view. I don't know what the angle would be for various cameras that have a version of the feature, but I can say that some old hand held spot meters have a measuring angle of 1 degree in a field of view of about 35 degrees. In many cases, the spot meter area is marked within the view finder in some way. Correct use of a spot meter (or for that matter, pretty much any camera light meter) requires a good understanding of metering concepts and the image medium, whether it is film or digital.

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