Locking The Flash Exposure Setting (Fe Lock) - Canon PowerShot G6 User Manual

Locking the Flash Exposure Setting
(FE Lock)
Mode Dial
You can obtain the correct exposure with flash photography
regardless of the location of your subject in the composition.
1
Press the DISPLAY button to turn the LCD monitor
on.
2
Press the
(p. 64).
If you are using an externally mounted flash, please refer to its
manual for setting instructions.
3
Focus the AF frame or the spot metering frame on
the subject on which you wish to lock the flash
exposure setting and press the shutter button
halfway.
4
While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the
button.
The exposure setting locks (FE lock) and the
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 and locks at the required intensity for that composition.
Using any button or lever other than the main dial cancels the FE lock.
5
Recompose the image and shoot.
(Flash) button and set the flash to fire
button, the flash exposure fires a pre-
icon appears on
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