Advanced (Recording pictures)

[AF/AE LOCK]

For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P27.

Take a picture with the focus or exposure locked.

This is a technique for setting the focus and the exposure in advance when the subject is outside the focus area or when the contrast is too sharp and the appropriate exposure cannot be achieved.

Applicable modes:

[AF]: Only the focus is locked.

•[] is displayed when the focus is adjusted.

[AE]: Only the exposure is locked.

•[], aperture value, and shutter speed is displayed when the exposure is adjusted.

[AF/AE]: Both focus and exposure are locked.

•[ ], aperture value, and shutter speed are displayed when the focus and exposure are adjusted.

∫Setting the AF/AE lock1Aim the AF area at the subject.2Press [AF/AE LOCK] to fix the focus and exposure.

• This does not work when AF tracking is active.

3Move the camera to compose the picture and then press the shutter fully.∫To cancel the AF/AE lock

The setting is canceled by pressing the [AF/AE LOCK] again.

Note

•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.

•When recording motion pictures after locking, you can continue to record in a locked state in Creative Motion Picture Mode. Lock will be canceled in other modes than Creative Motion Picture Mode.

•Lock is canceled when zooming is performed after locking. Perform the locking again.

•AE lock will not work in Manual Exposure Mode (when [SENSITIVITY] is set to something other than [AUTO]), Advanced Scene Mode and Scene Mode.

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