The exposure is fixed and the AE-L indicator appears.

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P98

M AF

F2.8 30

cTarget the subject you want to shoot and press and hold the shutter button halfway down.

The focus is automatically adjusted.

dPress the shutter button fully down.To release AE LOCK

Carry out one of the followings:

Press AE LOCK again after step 2.

Release your finger from the shutter button after step 3.

Press down the shutter button in step 4.

Shooting techniques

You can shoot with the exposure locked to a specific portion of the image.

Measure the exposure of the desired portion of the subject using the center weighted metering or spot metering function.

Press AE LOCK to lock the exposure, and then recompose the picture and shoot.

Portion of the image used to determine the exposure

Shooting three images with the exposure shifted

— Exposure BracketMode dial: /P/S/A/M/SCN

The camera records three images in succession, each with the exposure value shifted. The exposure compensation value can be set between ±1.0EV from the appropriate exposure value in 1/3EV steps.

Shutter

Mode dial

imagestillAdvanced

 

Control button

MENU

shooting

 

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