Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i metering, exposures and bracketing

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The Canon EOS 550D / T2i offers the aforementioned four metering modes as its contempo predecessors: TTL Evaluative, Partial (9% of v/f area), Atom (4% of v/f area) and Center-weighted; the viewfinder additionally indicates the atom metering breadth with a circle. In an abrupt move though, the TTL Evaluative arrangement has been upgraded from the 35-zone arrangement of its predecessors, to the aforementioned 63-zone Focus Colour Luminance (iCFL) metering arrangement alien on the high-end EOS 7D. This employs bifold layers acceptance it to booty colour advice into account, and assuredly bringing Canon’s best recent DSLRs added in band with Nikon’s allegorical 3D Colour Matrix Metering system.

And it absolutely works too. We acclimated Evaluative metering for all our sample images and begin few if any occasions back we’d appetite to administer any compensation. It absolutely seems added able than the beforehand 35-zone arrangement of the 500D / T1i, and we acquainted added assured on relying on it for our circadian shots.

The EOS 550D / T2i offers bang speeds from 1/4000 to 30 abnormal additional a Bulb option; the fastest beam accompany acceleration is 1/200. Like best non-pro bodies, there’s no abstracts quoted for the constancy of the bang block.

Exposure bracketing is accessible with three frames up to 2EV afar in 0.3EV increments, which puts it in band with best cameras at this price-point. White antithesis bracketing is additionally accessible on the 550D / T2i, afresh with three frames, and at +/-3 levels in one akin increments.