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Basic Photography

TAKING PICTURES WITH AE LOCK

AE lock allows you to set the exposure for a specific subject in your shot. This technique is useful

when brightness of your subject differs greatly from its surroundings.

Center-weighted metering

Spot metering

Set the metering system selector dial to “-”

Center-weighted or “0” Spot metering.

h Matrix metering is not recommended since the

effect of the Auto Exposure Lock cannot be

effectively attained.

Position the focus area over the subject you want

correctly exposed, press and hold the shutter

button down halfway and then press the “AE-L/AF-

L” button. The “EL” (exposure lock) indicator

appears in the viewfinder.

h The exposure and focus are locked as long as

the “AE-L/AF-L” button is held down (default

setting).

h If you press the “AE-L/AF-L” button in the “AF-S”

or “AF-C” focus mode when the shot is not in

focus, the exposure is locked with the shot out of

focus. Always check that the focus indicator “●”

is lit.

While keeping the “AE-L/AF-L” button pressed,

recompose, focus and shoot.

h Because the settings are maintained after you

take the shot for as long as the “AE-L/AF-L”

button is held down, you can keep the same

settings as you recompose the shot.

h The following functions can be operated while the

“AE-L/AF-L” button is kept pressed:

1. In “P” exposure mode: Sets program shift.

2. In “S” exposure mode: Changes the shutter

speed.

3. In “A” exposure mode: Changes the aperture.

h Rotating the metering system selector to another

setting does not change the metering system

during Auto Exposure Lock operation. Release

the AE lock.

CSM 5: Auto Exposure Lock can be set to be activated by pressing the shutter button down

halfway (➡P.111).

CSM 9: The operation performed when the “AE-L/AF-L” button is pressed can be modified

(➡P.111).

Operation: AF/AE lock (default setting), AE lock only, AF lock only, AE lock maintained, AF

operation

USING AF LOCK

If you take a shot with this type of composition

using Single-area AF with the focus area in the

center, the subjects (the two people in this case)

are outside the focus area and will not be in focus.

Move the camera slightly so that one of the

subjects is in the AF frame.

◆

When AF (Auto Focus) does not focus the shot

◆

h Position the focus area over another subject at roughly the same distance and press the shutter

button down halfway. Then recompose the shot and take the picture.

h You can also set the focus and take the shot by selecting “M” (manual) as the focus mode.

Keep the shutter button pressed down halfway (AF

lock) and check that the focus indicator “●” is lit in

the viewfinder display.

Continue to hold the shutter button down halfway

(AF lock). Move the camera back to the original

image and then fully press down on the shutter

button.

●

You can reapply the AF lock as many times as you like

before releasing the shutter.

●

The AF lock operates in all photography modes and can be

used to ensure excellent results.

●

If you are using the “AF-C” focus mode, hold the shutter

button down halfway and press the “AE-L/AF-L” button

(➡P.41).

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