Canon EOS RP, Instruction Manual

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Locking the Exposure for Shooting (AE
Lock)
You can lock the exposure when you want to set the focus and exposure
separately or when you are to take multiple shots at the same exposure
setting. Press the <
A
> button to lock the exposure, then recompose and
take the picture. This is called AE lock. It is effective for shooting backlit
subjects, etc.
1
Focus on the subject.
z
Press the shutter button halfway.
g
The exposure setting will be displayed.
2
Press the <
A
> button (
4
).
g
A <
A
> icon is displayed in the lower left
of the screen to indicate that exposure is
locked (AE lock).
z
Each time you press the <
A
> button,
the current exposure setting is locked.
3
Recompose and take the picture.
z
When you are to take more pictures
while maintaining the AE lock, keep
holding down the <
A
> button and
press the shutter button to take another
picture.
AE Lock Effects
Metering
Mode
AF Point Selection Method
Automatic Selection Manual Selection
q
Exposure centered on the AF point
in focus is locked.
Exposure centered on the selected
AF point is locked.
wre
Exposure at the center of the screen is locked.
* In [
q
] mode with the lens’s focus mode switch set to < MF >, the exposure at the
center of the screen is locked.