Camera settings menu > User settings

Key Mapping

You can change the function assigned to the AEL and Preview buttons.

Button

* Default

Function

 

You can set the AEL button’s function. The AEL and

 

AFL functions save the exposure value or focus area

 

respectively when a photo is taken.

 

You can choose among three settings for the [E]

 

button:

AEL

AEL*, which executes the auto exposure lock function.

 

When AEL is on, half-pressing the shutter button

 

 

executes the auto focus lock function.

 

AFL, which executes the auto focus lock function.

 

 

When AFL is on, half-pressing the shutter button

 

 

executes the auto exposure lock function.

 

AEL + AFL, which executes the auto exposure and

 

 

focus lock functions together.

 

 

 

You can assign one of the following functions to the

 

Depth Preview button:

 

One Touch WB (White Balance), which executes the

Preview

 

Custom White Balance function.

Optical Preview*, which executes the Depth of Field

 

 

 

Preview function for the current aperture value. (p. 19)

 

One Touch RAW+, which activates or deactivates the

 

 

RAW+JPEG feature.

 

 

 

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Samsung NX100 user manual Key Mapping

NX100 specifications

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