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. For an explanation of how different combinations of light metering options and a selected AF frame affect where the FE lock is metered, see page 76.

1Press the button to turn on the LCD monitor.

2Set the built-in flash to fire.

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

3Focus on the subject on which you wish to lock the flash exposure setting.

• Press the shutter button halfway.

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 or omni selector cancels the FE lock.

5Recompose the image and shoot.

•As the example to the left shows, a backlit subject can be shot at the correct exposure if the FE lock is set when the camera is aimed at a non-backlit portion of the subject.

• This function can only be selected in the , and shooting modes.

•The FE lock only functions with the built-in flash, an externally mounted EX series Speedlite or a Macro Ring Lite (p. 123).

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