Leica 18461 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Taking pictures
Locking the exposure and/or focus
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It is convenient to use the [AF/AE LOCK] button when you want to change the
composition after having set focus and exposure for the decisive and off-center part of the
subject.
Point the camera at the subject
Press the [AF/AE LOCK] button
Focus is locked (AF Lock)
Exposure is locked (AE lock)
Adjust the composition and then
take the picture
• To cancel the focus or exposure
→ Press [AF/AE LOCK] button again
You can use [AF/AE Lock] in the [Rec] menu to switch between the AE Lock (lock
exposure only) setting and the AF Lock (lock focus only) setting. (→138)
The subject can be focused again by pressing the shutter button halfway, even when
the exposure setting is locked.
Program Shift can be set even when the exposure setting is locked.
When you record motion pictures after locking the exposure and/or focus, you can
continue to record still pictures in the locked state in [Creative Video Mode]. Lock will
canceled in modes other than [Creative Video Mode].
Lock is canceled when changing the focal length/zooming after locking the exposure
and/or focus. Perform the locking operation again.
AE Lock will be disabled in [Manual Exposure] Mode and [Scene Mode].