topic Re: Can no longer set Spot Meter option_PowerShot SX60 in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

SOLVED_Can no longer set Spot Meter option_PowerShot SX60

mimbrava — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:41:40 GMT

My nine-year-old PowerShot SX60 camera suddenly last night, when I wanted to shoot the full moon, stopped letting me choose the Spot Meter option in the drop-down menu (the other choices were Evaluative and Center Weighted Average; p. 72 of the User Guide). The drop-down choice to set that option is now missing. Please help me regain it. Thanks.

8/28/24
I kept fiddling with the camera settings and figured out that the option I want can still be accessed, but differently from previously. Now to get to it, I turn on the camera, hit MENU, FUNCTION SET twice, then scroll down to Evaluative, where I can select Spot.

Re: Can no longer set Spot Meter option_PowerShot SX60

kvbarkley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:52:48 GMT

It is a little unclear, but you might want to unlink the AF frame to the Spot AE frame if you are using face detect or Tracking AF.

Re: Can no longer set Spot Meter option_PowerShot SX60

mimbrava — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:54:27 GMT

Thanks for the speedy reply. My AF frame is set to FlexiZone, and I don't use face detect or tracking AF. The Spot AE Point is set to AF Point (the other option is Center).
I just would like to know how to get back the option (p. 72 in the manual) of Evaluative, Center Weighted or Spot. I have no idea why it disappeared.

Re: Can no longer set Spot Meter option_PowerShot SX60

kvbarkley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:29:57 GMT

That function is only available in certain modes: