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AE LOCK – Locking the exposure
Advanced shooting
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3 Position the AF target mark on the
subject you want to focus on and
press the shutter button halfway.
• The green lamp lights.
• AE lock cannot be canceled while the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
4 Press the shutter button fully.
• AE lock is automatically canceled after
one shot.
TIPS
To save the locked metered value (exposure) after shooting (AE
memory)
→ After step 2 or 3, hold down x for more than 1 second. C
appears. While C is displayed, the exposure is saved. Press
x again to cancel the AE memory.
AE lock was canceled.
→ Do not operate any of the buttons or the mode dial after performing
AE lock. Doing so will cancel AE lock.
→ The camera had emerged from sleep mode or the power was
turned off.
• AE lock is not available when multi-metering is enabled. Turn multi-
metering off. g“MULTI METERING” (P.78)
• AE lock is not available when a menu is displayed on the screen.
Exit the menu. g“How to use the menus” (P.33)
During AE lock, AEL is
displayed.
2288 1712
2288 1712
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