The AFL/AEL Button

The AFL/AEL button can be used to lock exposure or focus.
Locking Exposure1Meter exposure. Position the subject in thefocus frame and press the AFL/AEL button to meter exposure.2Focus.

Keeping the AFL/AEL

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ton pressed, pressthe

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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 AFL/AEL 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.

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

4 Shoot.Locking Focus

If AF LOCK ONLY is selected for vAE/AF-LOCK BUTTON in the setup menu (P102), pressing the AFL/AEL button locks focus. If AE/AF LOCK is selected, both focus and exposure will be locked.

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If AE&AF ON/OFF SWITCH is selected for kAE/ AF-LOCK MODE in the setup menu (P 102), exposure and/or focus will lock when the AFL/AEL button is pressed and remain locked until the button is pressed again.

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