Locking Image Brightness/Exposure (Ae Lock) - Canon POWERSHOT SX500 IS User Manual

Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation)
Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and
exposure separately.
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Lock the exposure.
Aim the camera at the subject to shoot
with the exposure locked. With the
shutter button pressed halfway, press the
<1_> button.
[=X_] is displayed, and the exposure is
locked.
To unlock AE, release the shutter button
and press the <P_> button again. In this
case, [._] is no longer displayed.
Compose the shot and shoot.
After one shot, AE is unlocked and ['X'] is
no longer displayed.
AE: Auto Exposure
After the exposure is locked, you can adjust the combination of shutter
speed and aperture value by turn ng the <;i_i i i_>dial (Program Shift).
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