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the subject appears small, move in closer until it occupies about one-third of the total viewfinder area. Push the AE memory lock button and hold it in. Then you may step back and/or change the position of the subject in the viewfinder to suit your compositional taste, while the correct exposure reading is locked into the camera's Variable Aperture AE control. Releasing the shutter will produce a properly exposed photograph.

In the second situation (2) above, the scene cannot be metered directly. Most scenes are composed of both light and dark areas which usually average out to a medium gray. Because all TTL exposure meters are calibrated to give proper exposure when reading a neutral gray card (of 18% reflectance), they give correct exposure for most scenes. In extreme cases in which the scene is predominantly light or predominantly dark, the Variable Aperture AE control must be fooled into providing the correct exposure. One readily available alternate subject is the palm of your own hand held out a foot or so in front of the lens and placed in the same light as your original subject. Focus on your subject normally. Then fill the viewfinder with the out of focus image of your right palm making absolutely sure that it is in exactly the

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