Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock)

You can lock the flash exposure so that the exposure settings are correctly set for a particular portion of your subject.

1

Press the Display button to turn on the

LCD monitor.

2

Set the built-in flash to fire.

 

• If you are using an externally mounted flash,

 

please refer to its manual for setting

 

instructions.

 

Center the subject on which you want to

3 lock the flash exposure setting in the

 

LCD monitor and press the shutter

 

button halfway to set the focus.

4

Press the button.

• The flash exposure compensation setting will

lock (FE lock) and the icon will appear in the LCD monitor and display panel.

• 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).

• Pressing any button other than the shutter button cancels the FE lock.

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Canon G1 manual Locking the Flash Exposure Setting FE Lock
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G1 specifications

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