Eos M screen

[trelales]

I have just bought a Eos M and would like some help on what is on the screen.

In M,AV,TV,P modes there is a circle in the middle of the screen. It is about 8mm diameter and remains there even when I move the focus point.

It is not there in intelligent or movie mode.

What is it and what does it do?

Further to above I reset camera to factory settings and the circle has now gone. Do not know aht is was.

Any help?

 

[dcm]

I have just bought a Eos M and would like some help on what is on the screen.

In M,AV,TV,P modes there is a circle in the middle of the screen. It is about 8mm diameter and remains there even when I move the focus point.

It is not there in intelligent or movie mode.

What is it and what does it do?

Further to above I reset camera to factory settings and the circle has now gone. Do not know aht is was.

Any help?

The circle appears when the metering mode is spot. It shows you the region that is being metered. Spot metering is only available in M, AV, TV, and P modes.

It is not linked to the focus point. It only meters from the center of the frame.