When do you use spot metering?

[Daniel Flather]

I only use spot metering, I've never have used the other settings.  I can't even tell you what the other modes are named!

[paul13walnut5]

@bdunbar

Oh I don't know.  We have a crapload of Fuji.  And I mean a lot!  What's good in your opinion?

Always liked Velvia 50, Reala 100 & 800, and 160nps.

[sawsedge]

When do I use spot metering?  Almost never.  Current meters are pretty good, but it depends on the light.  I use it in conjunction with manual mode in tricky lighting.  When the part of the image you want to expose "correctly" is a fairly small part of the frame, it works well. 

Which reminds me, I need to post my Pentax digital spotmeter for sale.

[paul13walnut5]

Do any of canons current cameras feature the multiple spot averaging function (again an old but useful feature on the EOS 3, I'm sure it was the FEL button)  I can see more folk having a practical use for that than simple spot metering...

[paul13walnut5]

For info, the 1V also features focus point linked spot metering as a custom function, with a choice of either 11 active AF points or 9 active AF points (3 only offers 11 points) reduced from the systemic 45 points.

The 1V also features multiple spot averaging.

[neuroanatomist]

Do any of canons current cameras feature the multiple spot averaging function

The recent 1-series bodies, including the 1D X, have multi-spot metering (up to 8 points averaged).

[paul13walnut5]

@neuroanatomist

Thank you.