I have a Nikon DSLR, but I'm pretty sure that settings are similar to other DSLRs like Canon's, or Sony's, or Pentax'.
When taking portraits, or people, you should always focus your camera on that person's eyes. But, how do you do this? Do I set my focus mode on "Single-point AF" and manually select the focus area on the eyes or just leave it at "Auto-area AF"?
How about my metering? Do I set it to Matrix, Center-Weighted, or Spot given that my subject is in the dead center and in a non-studio background?
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