AE LOCK

The camera will fix and memorize the exposure value, while you press the “AE” Lock button. When you wish to lock the exposure of a subject off-center, AE lock is very useful. Use of this function with Center Area Metering Mode is recommended.

1

Center the subject inside the viewfinder, then press the shutter button “Half-way”.

2

Keep shutter button “Half-way” depressed, and then push the “AE” lock button. (While operating the AE lock, the displays of the shutter speed and aperture value in the viewfinder are locked and “AEL” is visible). You can release the shutter button.

3

Hold the AE lock button while you compose the picture. Then press the shutter button to take the picture.

■When the subject is out of focus during AE lock operation, remove your finger from shutter button and press the shutter button “Half-way” again, or remove your finger from the AE lock button and restart from the beginning.

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