
Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects
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Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock)
You can set the exposure and focus separately. This is effective when the contrast is
too strong between the subject and background or when a subject is backlit.
1
Center the subject on which you want
to lock the exposure setting in the LCD
monitor or viewfinder and press the
shutter button halfway to set the focus.
2
Press the button.
• The exposure setting will lock (AE Lock) and the
icon will appear in the display panel and
LCD monitor or viewfinder.
• Pressing any button other than the shutter
button cancels the AE lock.
3
Recompose the image and shoot.
• This setting can only be selected in the ,
or
mode.
• AE lock cannot be set when the built-in or the externally mounted flash is used.
Flash Exposure Lock (FE Lock) is available in these situations (p. 72).
AE Lock Icon