The AE/AF LOCK Button

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

Locking Exposure

1 Meter exposure.

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

2 Focus.

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.

3 Recompose the picture.

Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway, recompose the picture.

cCaution

Adjusting zoom ends AE lock. AE lock is not available with Intelligent Face Detection.

4 Shoot.

Locking Focus

If AF LOCK ONLY is selected for vAE/AF-LOCK BUTTON in the setup menu (P96), pressing the AE/AF LOCK button locks focus. If AE/AF LOCK is selected, both focus and exposure will be locked.

aNote

If AE&AF ON/OFF SWITCH is selected for kAE/AF- LOCK MODE in the setup menu (P 96), 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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