Most photographers take what their camera gives them.
The rest make what their camera gives them.
What separates the two is skill.

Canon EOS Rebel 2000 Partial Metering
(spot metering) application using
the simplified 5-stop zone system for color slides and negatives
(Based on Farzad's 5-stop Film / Digital zone system ©1987-2007)

The 5-stop Tone Ruler
Farzad's approach to exposure for the rest of us!

Compliments of cpgbooks -
The Confused Photographer's Guide to
On-Camera Spotmetering
(Spot Metering / Partial Metering)
and
The Confused Photographer's Guide to Photographic Exposure and the Simplified Zone System