Focus Lock

To compose photographs with off-center subjects:

1Position the subject in the focus frame.

2Focus.

Press the shutter button halfway to set focus and exposure. Focus and exposure remain locked while the shutter button is pressed halfway (AF/AE lock; note that if exposure is currently locked using the AE/AF LOCK button as described on page 36, pressing the shut- ter button halfway locks only focus).

Press halfway

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

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Recompose the picture.

Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway, recompose the picture.

Shoot.

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

Press the rest of the way down

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