EOS R5 Mark II Light Metering Only Recognizes Center of Image

[tomasese]

I do residential photography for real estate.  I shoot brackets of 5.  Whenever I have a bright window that has to be in the center of the shot the light metering only seems to recognize the center.  It doesn't matter how it is set, I get the same result.  I can see out the window but nothing in the room I'm shooting.  Anyone that can shed some light on this would be greatly appreciated. 

[tomasese]

No, What I am saying is that if I have my center focus point on a darker area of a room the picture is fine.   If I change and center over a bright window all 5 are underexposed even if I move the focus point to the edge of the frame where it is darker. This happens in all metering modes. I use 3rd party software to merge them,  It's not the software.

[kvbarkley]

Do the exposures for all the shots vary by the amount you expect?

[Waddizzle]

You seem to not understand the questions.  Or you are ignoring them.

Those displays don’t tell you where your locked AF point was located when the shutter fired.  Only a captured photo can tell you that.  The camera can show it to you, as well as the DPP4 app.  It is also recorded in the EXIF metadata. 

Can post a single RAW photo to public file sharing web site?  We need to see EXIF data.

Again, if you don’t have an active and locked AF point when the shutter fired, then the camera will default to metering from the center of the field of view.  If not there, then where?

[Waddizzle]

“ No, What I am saying is that if I have my center focus point on a darker area of a room the picture is fine.   If I change and center over a bright window all 5 are underexposed even if I move the focus point to the edge of the frame where it is darker. This happens in all metering modes. I use 3rd party software to merge them,  It's not the software. “

This sounds like it could be normal camera behavior, to me.  I can’t see what you’re seeing.  Please post sample RAW files that illustrate what you just described.

[Waddizzle]

“ Do the exposures for all the shots vary by the amount you expect? “

I would expect that they would, ranging from way under to way over exposed.  He has said that he cannot set the camera to achieve the range he wants.  And then posts an image showing the setting is possible.  

 

I am done here.  No answers to basic questions.  I think the camera is behaving as it should, anyway. 

[stevet1]

Could it have something to do with using the Expand area focus instead of Single Point focusing method?

Steve Thomas

[kvbarkley]

My thinking is that it is exposing on the over exposure which is blown out. Even dropping a stop or two still blows out the highlight.

[Waddizzle]

I think he wants to meter here but focus over there, or vice versa.  In other words, he needs to either lock exposure, or focus, or set it manually.

Almost every metering mode meters from the center, except for Evaluative.  But, Evaluative requires an active and locked AF point when the shutter fires.  

[tomasese]

I think I just need to adjust the stops on some shots.  I'm getting used to this yet I guess. As with the view finder or screen that goes dark when I have a bridge spot in the center, even though I have the brightness set manually.  This is a great camera but it does behave differently from the 5D4.  

[untensan]

Have you tried pointing the camera to the area that you want properly exposed, push on the shutter release half way to focus and set the exposure, then composing and pushing the shutter release the rest of the way?