Auto Exposure Lock
•When you want to control the exposure of a specific area within a scene, measure the exposure on the area with Spot or Centre- Weighted Metering, press the ‚ button to lock the exposure, then recompose the picture. Set exposure to a mode other than Manual.
1Rotate the metering system selector to select Centre- Weighted or Spot Metering.
•Matrix Metering is not recommended since the effect of the Auto Exposure Lock cannot be effectively attained.
2 Position focus area on subject and lightly press the
shutter release button, then press the ‚ button.
•When the
•In Single Servo AF or Continuous Servo AF, focus is also locked simultaneously (page 44). Make sure to confirm focus indicator / appears in the viewfinder.
c 11: Only exposure can be set to be locked when the ‚ button is pressed (page 73).
3 While keeping the ‚ button pressed, recompose, focus and shoot.
Confirm focus indicator / appears in the viewfinder.
• The following functions can be operated while the ‚ button is kept pressed:
Exposure
•When the ‚ button is pressed, exposure at the area of selected metering system is locked and remains locked as long as the button is kept pressed.
•When the ‚ button is pressed, EL appears in the viewfinder.
•Area of exposure in Spot Metering:
1.When the focus area and metering area are linked in Spot Metering (page 49), exposure is locked at selected focus area.
2.When Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority (page 40) is selected in Spot Metering, exposure is locked at centre focus area (page 49).
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1. Flexible Program (page 51) in
2. Shutter speed adjustment in
3. Aperture adjustment in
In any of these three situations, controlled shutter speed and/or aperture will be displayed after change.
•Rotating the metering system selector to another setting does not change the metering system during Auto Exposure Lock operation. (The metering system changes as soon as the Auto Exposure Lock is cancelled.)
c 7: Auto Exposure Lock can be set to be activated by lightly pressing the shutter release button (page 72).
c 11: Auto Exposure Lock can be set to remain after you remove your finger from the ‚ button. In this case, AE lock is released when the ‚ button is pressed again (page 73).
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