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Exposure, image and color
AE lock — Locking the exposure
The metered exposure value can be locked with the [ button (AE lock).
Use AE lock when you want a different exposure setting from the one that
would normally apply under the current shooting conditions.
Normally, pressing the shutter button halfway locks both AF (auto focus) and
AE (automatic exposure), but you can lock the exposure alone by pressing the
[ button. When you lock the exposure, the metering mode (digital ESP
metering, center weighted averaging metering or spot metering) selected in
the menu is automatically applied. g "AEL metering" (P. 123)
Press the AEL button at the point
you want to lock the exposure. The
exposure is locked while the AEL
button is pressed, press the
shutter button at this time.
• Releasing the [ button cancels
AE lock.
• Using the custom menu, you can set
AE lock so that it is not canceled when
the AEL button is released. g "AEL/
AFL mode" (P. 121)
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[ button