Shooting With The Ae Lock; Shooting With The Fe Lock - Canon PowerShot A3100 IS Getting Started

Shooting with the AE Lock

You can lock the exposure and shoot, or set the focus and exposure
separately to shoot.
AE stands for "Auto Exposure".

Shooting with the FE Lock

Just as with the AE lock, you can lock the exposure for shooting with the
flash.
FE stands for "Flash Exposure".
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1 Lock the exposure.
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Point the camera toward the subject and
press the o button while pressing the
shutter button halfway.
X
When & appears on the screen, the
exposure will be locked.
●
If you release your finger from the shutter
button and press the o button again, &
will disappear and the AE will unlock.
2 Compose the scene and shoot.
Choose h (p. 67).
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2 Lock the flash exposure.
●
Point the camera toward the subject and
press the o button while pressing the
shutter button halfway.
X
The flash will fire and when ( appears on
the screen, the flash output will be retained.
●
If you release your finger from the shutter
button and press the o button again, ( will
disappear and the FE will unlock.
3 Compose the scene and shoot.