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EXPOSURE – AE-LOCK

Spot-AE Lock

Spot metering uses only the center honeycomb segment shown by the spot metering area in the viewfinder. You can lock the metered exposure without locking the focus. With a high or low key subject, an object away from the subject can be used to set the shutter speed and aperture. The exposure remains locked until the spot AE lock button is released.

1

Place the spot metering area

 

on the area to be metered.

• Make sure the light falling on the

 

metered area is the same as the light

 

falling on the subject.

Spot metering area

2 Press and hold the spot AE

 

lock button.

will be displayed in the

 

viewfinder to indicate the exposure

 

is locked.

Spot AE lock button

 

When using flash. pressing the spot-AE lock button sets the flash mode to slow-sync (p.96).

3

While pressing the AE-lock

button, recompose the

scene.

• The Ev scale will show the difference in relative brightness between the metered area and the object in the spot metering area (p. 80).

Ev Scale

4

While still pressing the AE-

 

lock button, press the

shutter-release button all the way down to take the picture.

DETAILED

OPERATION

Spot-AE lock button

If the spot AE-lock button is not released after taking the picture, the exposure setting will remain locked.

Slow-sync is activated when appears in the viewfinder (p.96).

Custom Function Notes

Cust-10: Spot-AE lock: activated when the AE lock button is pressed and held (1), or activated when the button is pressed once and then canceled when it is pressed again (2) (p.112).

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Minolta 2163-910, 2084401, 9222-2163-11 instruction manual Exposure AE-LOCK, Spot-AE Lock