Nikon D300s Autoexposure AE Lock, Select center-weighted or Metering selector spot metering 0

Models: D300S (Body Only) D300s

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Autoexposure (AE) Lock

Use autoexposure lock to recompose photographs after metering exposure.

1 Select center-weighted or Metering selector spot metering (0 102).

Matrix metering will not produce the desired results with autoexposure lock. If using center-weighted metering, select the center focus point with the multi selector (0 78).

2 Lock exposure.

Shutter-release

 

button

 

Position the subject in the selected

 

 

focus point and press the shutter-

 

Z

release button halfway. With the

 

shutter-release button pressed halfway

 

 

 

 

and the subject positioned in the focus

 

 

point, press the AE-L/AF-Lbutton to lock

 

 

exposure (and focus, except in manual

 

 

focus mode). Confirm that the in-focus

 

 

indicator (I) appears in the viewfinder.

AE-L/AF-L button

While exposure lock is in effect, an AE-Lindicator will appear in the viewfinder.

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