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 80.

1Press the button to turn on the LCD monitor.

2Set the flash to fire (p. 47).

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

• Press the shutter button halfway.

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

•The flash exposure compensation setting locks (FE lock) and the icon appears 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 pressing the shutter button halfway or using B, A, C or D on the multicontroller cancels the FE lock.

5Recompose the image and shoot.

•As the example to the right 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.

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