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AE LOCK - Locking the exposure
Advanced shooting
5
3
Position the AF target mark on the
subject you want to focus on and
press the shutter button halfway.
• The green lamp lights.
• AE lock cannot be canceled while the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
4
Press the shutter button fully.
• AE lock is automatically canceled after
one shot.
TIPS
To save the locked metered value (exposure) after shooting (AE
memory)
Æ
After step 2 or 3, hold down
x
for more than 1 second.
C
appears. While
C
is displayed, the exposure is saved. Press
x
again to cancel the AE memory.
AE lock was canceled.
Æ
Do not operate any of the buttons or the mode dial after performing
AE lock. Doing so will cancel AE lock.
Æ
The camera had emerged from sleep mode or the power was
turned off.
• AE lock is not available when MULTI METERING is enabled. Turn
multi-metering off.
g
“MULTI METERING” (P.76)
• AE lock is not available when a menu is displayed on the screen.
Exit the menu.
g
“How to use the menus” (P.33)
During AE lock, AEL is
displayed.
F2.8
F2.8
1600 1200
1600 1200
SQ1
SQ1
F2.8
F2.8
1600 1200
1600 1200
SQ1
SQ1
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