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Recording
AF/AE Lock
Locking of the focus and exposure can be set in [AF/AE Lock] in the [Rec] menu.
Note
When AE lock is performed, the brightness of the reco rding screen t hat a ppea rs on t he LCD mon ito r/
Viewfinder is fixed.
AF Lock only is effective when taking pictures in Manual Exposure Mode or Scene Mode.
AE Lock only is effective when taking pictures with Manual Focus.
AE Lock and AF Lock must be activated before motion picture recording begins.
When recording motion pictures after locking, you can continue to record in a locked state in
Creative Video Mode. Lock will be canceled in other modes than Creative Video Mode.
Lock is canceled when zooming is performed after locking. Perform the locking again.
The exposure is set, even if the brightness of the subject changes.
The subject can be focused again by pressing the shutter button halfway even when AE is locked.
Program Shift can be set even when AE is locked.
Item Description of settings
[AF] Only the focus is locked.
[AFL] and focus indication are displayed when the subject co mes into focus.
[AE] Only the exposure is locked.
[AEL], aperture value, and shutter speed are displayed when the exposure is
adjusted.
[AF/AE] Both focus and exposure are locked.
[AFL], [AEL], the focus indication, aperture value a nd s hutt er spe ed ar e displ ay ed
when the focus and the exposure are optimized.