Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock)

You can obtain the correct exposure regardless of the location of your subject in the composition.

1 Press the button to turn on the LCD monitor.

2 Press the (Flash) button and set the flash to fire (p. 60).

• If you are using an externally mounted flash, please refer to its manual for setting instructions.

3 Focus the AF frame or the spot metering frame on the subject on which you wish to lock the flash exposure setting and press the shutter button halfway.

4 While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the button.

• The flash exposure compensation setting locks (FE lock) and the icon appears on the Display Panel and on the LCD monitor.

• The flash will fire a pre-flash and lock the flash exposure to the required intensity to illuminate the subject. (Each time you press the button, the flash exposure locks at the required intensity for that composition.)

• Using any button, lever or switch other than the omni selector cancels the FE lock.

5 Recompose the image and shoot.

• The FE lock only functions with the built-in flash, an externally mounted EX series Speedlite, a Macro Ring Lite or a Macro Twin Lite.

•The FE lock function is not available when [Flash Adjust] is set to [Manual].

•Some settings are not available depending on the Shooting mode. Please refer to Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 204).

Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects

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