The AE/AF LOCK Button

The AE/AF LOCK button can be used to lock exposure or focus.

Locking Exposure

1Meter exposure. Position the subject in the

focus frame and press the AE/AF LOCK button to meter exposure.

2Focus.

Keeping

the AE/AF LOCK

 

button pressed, press the

+

shutter

button halfway

 

to focus. Focus and ex-

 

posure will remain locked while the shutter button is pressed halfway, even if you later release the AE/AF LOCK button.

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

3Recompose the picture.

Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway, recompose the picture.

c Caution

Adjusting zoom ends AE lock. AE lock is not avail- able with Intelligent Face Detection.

4Shoot.

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

Locking Focus

If AF LOCK ONLY is selected for vAE/AF-LOCK BUTTON in the setup menu (pg. 106), pressing the AE/AF LOCK button locks focus. If AE/AF LOCK is selected, both focus and exposure will be locked.

aNote

If R/A:RELEASE/AE/AF-LOCK is selected for kAE/ AF-LOCK MODE in the setup menu (pg. 106), exposure and/or focus will lock when the AE/AF LOCK button is pressed and remain locked until the button is pressed again.

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