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AE-L: USING AE LOCK
This mode can be selected in the “5 • 4 •
9 • 0 and -” photography modes.
Use this function when you want to take pictures
with the exposure fixed for a particular subject.
Frame the shot so that the subject occupies
most of the center of the screen and then press
the “AE-L” button.
The “
+
” icon appears on the screen and the
exposure is locked while you hold down the “AE-L”
button.
With the “AE-L” button held down, press the
shutter button down halfway to focus the shot
and then compose the shot again.
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Beep
2
This mode can be selected in the “9 • 0 and -”
photography modes.
Use this function for shots where you cannot obtain
the optimum brightness (exposure), such as shots
with extremely high contrast between the subject
and the background.
To select the Exposure Compensation setting, hold
down the “
@” button and turn the Command dial.
The symbol indicating the compensation direction
(“
–
” or “+”) turns yellow. The “@” symbol also turns
yellow while exposure compensation is being set
and then turns blue after setting is completed.
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Compensation range: –2 to +2 EV, in 1/3 EV steps
●
!
Exposure compensation is disabled in the following
situations:
• When “
7
” (Forced Flash) or “
\” (Red-eye Reduction)
mode is used and the scene photographed is dark
Exposure indicator moved towards + (plus)
●
Copying of printed text (black characters on white
paper) +4 steps (+1.3 EV)
●
Backlit portraits +2 to +4 steps (+0.7 to +1.3 EV)
●
Very bright scenes (such as snowfields) and highly
reflective subjects +3 steps (+1 EV)
●
Shots made up predominantly of sky. +3 steps (+1 EV)
Exposure indicator moved towards – (minus)
●
Spotlit subjects, particularly against dark
backgrounds –2 steps (–0.7 EV)
●
Copying of printed text (white characters on black
paper) –2 steps (–0.7 EV)
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Scenes with low reflectivity, such as shots of pine
trees or dark foliage –2 steps (–0.7 EV)
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!
See P.112 for more information on EVs.
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Subjects for Which Exposure
Adjustment is Particularly Effective
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@
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
This setting is retained when the mode is switched
or the camera is switched off (The “@” icon is
displayed). Set the exposure compensation to “0”
unless compensation is required.
●
!
Once you press the shutter button down halfway, the
exposure remains locked even if you release the
“AE-L” button.
●
!
When the AE lock is applied, pressing the shutter
button down halfway only sets the focus.