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Autoexposure Lo ck
Use autoexposure lock to recompose photographs after metering exposure:
1Select center-weighted (M) or spot (N) metering
(088).
Matrix metering (L) will not produce the desired results.
2Lock exposure.
Position the subject in the selected focus point and press
the shutter-release button halfway.
With the shutter-
release button pressed halfway and the subject positioned
in the focus point, press the AE-L/AF-L button to lock focus
and exposure.
While exposure lock is in effect, an AE-L indicator will
appear in the viewfinder.
3Recompose the photograph.
Keeping the AE-L/AF-L button pressed, recompose the photograph and shoot.
AAdjusting Shutter Speed and Aperture
While exposure lock is in effect, the following settings can be adjusted without altering the
metered value for exposure:
Mode Setting
Programmed auto Shutter speed and aperture (flexible program; 081)
Shutter-priority auto Shutter speed
Aperture-priority auto Aperture
The metering method itself can not be changed while exposure lock is in effect.
ASee Also
If On is selected for Custom Setting c1 (Shutter-release button AE-L, 0156), exposure will
lock when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.
For information on changing the
role of the AE-L/AF-L button, see Custom Setting f2 (Assign AE-L/AF-L button, 0164).
Shutter-release
button
AE-L/AF-L button