AE Lock is automatically activated upon focus completion when the camera is set for evaluative metering and One Shot AF. In this case, the () indicator is not displayed in the viewfinder. The AE Lock is automatically cancelled when you capture an image or when you remove your finger from the Shutter button, whichever comes first.

 

 

 

 

To accurately meter a specific

 

 

 

 

subject area with AE lock, use

 

 

 

 

Partial metering or Fine Spot

 

 

 

 

metering. Place the subject in

 

 

 

 

the center of the viewfinder

 

 

 

 

when activating AE lock.

 

 

 

 

3 Refocus the subject, change the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

composition as desired, and

 

 

 

 

capture the image.

 

 

 

 

When you change the scene

 

 

 

 

composition, the difference

 

 

 

 

between the locked exposure

 

 

 

 

value and the continuously

 

 

AE Lock Indicator

metered exposure value is

 

 

displayed in the viewfinder in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

real-time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Exposure

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Kodak DCS500 manual When you change the scene, Composition, the difference, Between the locked exposure, Real-time