Locking The Flash Exposure Setting (Fe Lock) - Canon PowerShot S30 User Manual

Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock)

You can lock the flash exposure so that the exposure settings are correctly set for a
particular portion of your subject. For an explanation of how different
combinations of light metering options and a selected AF frame affect where the
FE lock is metered, see page 80.
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Press the
2
Set the flash to fire (p. 47).
3
Focus on the subject on which you wish to lock the flash
exposure setting.
• Press the shutter button halfway.
4
While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the
• The flash exposure compensation setting locks (FE lock) and the
appears on the LCD monitor.
• The flash will fire a pre-flash and lock the flash exposure to the required
intensity to illuminate the subject. (Each time you press the
flash exposure locks at the required intensity for that composition).
• Using any button, lever or switch other than pressing the shutter button
halfway or using B, A, C or D on the multicontroller cancels the FE lock.
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Recompose the image and shoot.
• As the example to the right shows, a backlit
subject can be shot at the correct exposure if the
FE lock is set when the camera is aimed at a
non-backlit portion of the subject.
• This function can only be selected in the ,
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