Ae Lock - Locking The Exposure - Olympus EVOLT E-500 Advanced Manual

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)
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Aim the camera toward the subject.
2
Hold down the [ (AE lock)
button.
• The exposure is locked.
• B is displayed in the viewfinder.
Viewfinder
3
Compose your shot. While holding
down the [ button, hold down the
shutter button halfway.
• The focus is locked.
4
Press the shutter button all the way.
the
• Releasing
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)
AE lock
[ button
cancels AE
[
[
button
Halfway down
All the way
down
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