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Shooting – Selecting Particular Effects
Locking the Flash Exposure Setting
(FE Lock)
You can obtain the correct exposure with flash photography
regardless of the location of your subject in the composition.
Mode Dial
1
Press the DISPLAY button to turn the LCD monitor
on.
2
Press the (Flash) button and set the flash to fire
(p. 64).
zIf you are using an externally mounted flash, please refer to its
manual for setting instructions.
3
Focus the AF frame or the spot metering frame on
the subject on which you wish to lock the flash
exposure setting and press the shutter button
halfway.
4
While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the
button.
zThe exposure setting locks (FE lock) and the icon appears on
the LCD monitor.
zThe flash will fire a pre-flash and lock the flash exposure to the
required intensity to illuminate the subject.
zEach time you press the button, the flash exposure fires a
pre-flash and locks at the required intensity for that composition.
zUsing any button or lever other than the main dial cancels the FE lock.
5
Recompose the image and shoot.
EC140CUG_Eng.book Page 107 Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:16 PM