Shooting with the AE Lock

When you wish to take several shots with the same exposure, you can set the exposure and focus separately using the AE lock. AE stands for “Auto Exposure”.

Lock the exposure.

● Point the camera toward the subject and

press the o button while pressing the shutter button halfway.

XWhen ¤appears, the exposure will be set.

● If you release your finger from the shutter button and press another button, ¤ will disappear and the AE will unlock.

Compose the scene and shoot.

Program Shift

If you lock the exposure and then turn the Ê dial, you can change the shutter speed and aperture value combination.

Shooting with the FE Lock

Just as with the AE lock (p. 92), you can lock the exposure for shooting with the flash. FE stands for “Flash Exposure”.

Choose h (p. 71).

Lock the exposure.

● Point the camera toward the subject and

press the o button while pressing the shutter button halfway.

XThe flash will fire and when ¤ appears, the flash output will be retained.

●If you release your finger from the shutter button and press another button, ¤ will disappear and the FE will unlock.

Compose the scene and shoot.

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