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86 6. Shooting-Advanced Functions
Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock)
You can set the exposure and focus separately.
This is effective when the contrast is too strong
between the subject and background or when
a subject is backlit.
1
Focus the AF frame or the spot
metering frame on the subject on
which you wish to lock the exposure
setting and press the shutter button
halfway.
z See Selecting and AF Frame (p. 75)
z See Switching Between Light Metering Modes
(p. 76)
Mode Dial
1, 2
2
2
While pressing the
shutter button
halfway, press the
button.
z The exposure setting
locks (AE Lock) and the
icon appears on the
LCD monitor (or viewfinder).
z Pressing the
button again cancels the AE
lock.
3
Recompose the image and shoot.
The camera focuses on the subject in the AF frame.
In mode, AE lock can be set or canceled
even during movie recording (p. 56).
The automatically selected combinations of
shutter speeds and aperture values can be
freely changed without altering the exposure
with the following procedures.
1.Turn the mode dial to , or .
2.Focus on the subject on which you wish to
lock the exposure and press the shutter
button halfway.
AE lock
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