Minolta 800si instruction manual Exposure Bracketing, Customize Function #10 AE Lock Button

AE LOCK

While holding the AE-lock button, recompose the picture.

• A mark on the meter index will indicate the difference between the locked exposure (0) and the exposure value of the area currently being read.

• Do not release the AE lock button until after the picture is taken.

Press the shutter-release button all the way down to take the photograph.

•Exposure will remain locked as long as your finger depresses the AE-lock button.

✎If the flash is up and appears in the viewfinder, Slow-shutter Sync will be activated (p 88). The spot-metering frame and a second mark on the index meter will not appear.

Customize Function #10 - AE Lock Button

Setting 1 - In default operation the AE lock button is only active while it is being pressed.

Setting 2 - The operation of the AE-lock button can be changed so AE lock is active after the button is pressed. AE lock remains active until the AE-lock button is pressed a second time. In this setting, AE lock is also cancelled by turning the camera off, turning on the flash, or removing the lens.

EXPOSURE BRACKETING

Exposure bracketing lets you expose a series of frames with exposures below and above the normal metered exposure. This function is especially useful when shooting with reversal film, because of the film's low tolerance for exposure error.

With the 800si, you can choose a series of 3, 5, or 7 frames. The exposures can be made in 0.3, 0.5, or 1.0 EV increments.

Press the drive-mode button in the control panel.

Turn either control dial until the exposure-bracketing indicator appears in the data panel.

Press the adjust button in the control panel.

• The exposure-bracketing indicator will start blinking.

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