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Focus Lock
To compose photographs with o -center subjects:
1
Position the subject in the focus frame.
2
Focus.
Press the shutter button halfway to set focus
and exposure. Focus and exposure remain
locked while the shutter button is pressed
halfway (AF/AE lock; note that if exposure is
currently locked using the AE/AF LOCK button
as described on page 36, pressing the shut-
ter button halfway locks only focus).
Press halfway
Repeat steps 1 and 2 as desired to refocus
before taking the picture.
3
Recompose the picture.
Keeping the shutter button pressed halfway,
recompose the picture.
4
Shoot.
Press the shutter button the rest of the way
down to take the picture.
Press the rest of the way down