3 Keeping the AE-L/AF-L button pressed, recompose the photograph and shoot.

Taking Photographs—Exposure

Metered Area

In spot metering, exposure will be locked at the value metered in a 3-mm (0.12˝) circle centered on the selected focus area. In center-weighted metering, exposure will be locked at the value metered in an 8-mm (0.31˝) circle at the center of the viewfinder.

Adjusting Shutter Speed and Aperture

While exposure lock is in effect, the following settings can be changed without altering the metered value for exposure:

Exposure mode

Settings

 

 

Programmed auto

Shutter speed and aperture (flexible program;

 

 

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Shutter-priority auto

Shutter speed

 

 

Aperture-priority auto

Aperture

 

 

The new values can be confirmed in the viewfinder and control panel. Note that the metering method can not be changed while exposure lock is in effect (changes to metering take effect when the lock is released).

c1—AE Lock (186)

If +Release Button is selected for AE lock, exposure will lock when the shutter-re- lease button is pressed halfway.

c2—AE-L/AF-L (186)

Depending on the option selected, the AE-L/AF-L button locks both focus and expo- sure (the default setting), only focus, or only exposure. Options are available for keep- ing exposure locked until the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed a second time, the shutter is released, or exposure meters turn off.

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Nikon D2H manual Metered Area, Adjusting Shutter Speed and Aperture, Shutter-priority auto Shutter speed, C1-AE Lock