R5/R6 Metering

Basil Fawlty wrote:

apersson850 wrote:

The advantage of evaluative metering is just that - weighted to take the point(s) in focus into more account than the rest. Most photographers tend to focus on the important part in the image, at least most of the time.

Spot metering linked to a focus point is no problem. Just buy a 1-series Canon. The 1DX Mark III is the current camera with this feature. Otherwise aim the center at the point you want to meter, press *, recompose and shoot.
Or use evaluative, as it makes this automatically but easier to handle, since it doesn't go all the way to spot only.

Sorry, I misspoke in my original post. Apparently it is only Spot Metering on the R5/R6 (and most other Canon cameras) that doesn't follow the focus point. Canon Tech advisor Rudy Wilson discusses this in a recent video about Canon AF system. He mentioned it is something that a lot of people have been asking for for a long time and he has, on more than one occasion, mentioned this to the Canon development folks. After re-listening to that show, I realize it was just spot metering he was talking about. He did mention that spot metering linked to focus was available in the 1DX Mark III as you mentioned.

I know about metering and recomposing, but it's something I'd like to see as an option on my R5 - the ability to turn on or off spot-metering linked to focus point. I have been in situations with extreme lighting differences, for example a concert, where metering (spot metering) and recomposing would be impossible as the musician is jumping around. It's not something that I can't live without but I think it would be nice to have that option.

It has only been a thing on top end models for years. I had a film EOS 3 that had this feature, and since then it has been a 1 series only feature. Frustrating marketing decision I fear. These days it is almost certainly not a cost related feature like it was when the metering sensor was separate.