Focus Lock

To compose photographs with off-center subjects:

1 Position the subject in the focus frame.

2 Focus.

Press the shutter button halfway to set focus and exposure. Focus and exposure will remain locked while the shutter button is pressed halfway (AF/AE lock).

Press

halfway

Repeat steps 1 and 2 as desired to refocus before taking the picture.

3 Recompose the picture.

Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway, recompose the picture.

4 Shoot.

Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

Press the rest of the way down

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