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Still Images

 

Locking Image Brightness / Exposure (AE Lock)

Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and exposure separately.

1 Lock the exposure.

zzAim the camera at the subject to shoot with the exposure locked. With the shutter button pressed halfway, press the <b> button.

z[] is displayed, and the exposure is locked.

zzTo unlock AE, release the shutter button and press the <b> button again. In this case, [] is no longer displayed.

2Compose the shot and shoot.

 

zzAfter one shot, AE is unlocked

 

and [ ] is no longer displayed.

AE: Auto Exposure

After the exposure is locked, you can adjust the combination

 

of shutter speed and aperture value by turning the <5> dial

 

(Program Shift).