Autoexposure Lock; Adjusting Shutter Speed And Aperture - Nikon D7000 User Manual

Use autoexposure lock to recompose photographs after metering exposure:
Set metering to _3 or b-3 (_ 105).
Choose _3 to assign the greatest weight to the center of frame, or E3 to set
exposure for a 3.5-mm circle centered on the active focus point. Lt_ will not
produce the desired results.
2
Lock exposure.
Position the subject in the selected focus point
and press the shutter-release button halfway.
With the shutter-release button pressed halfway
and the subject positioned in the focus point,
press the AE-L/AF-L button to lock focus and
exposure (if you are using autofocus, confirm
that the • in-focus indicator appears in the
viewfinder).
While exposure lock is in effect, an AE-[ indicator
will appear in the viewfinder.
Shutter-release button
, _
AE-UAFIbutton
3
Recompose the photograph.
Keeping the AE-L/AF-L button pressed, recompose
the photograph and shoot.
...... _ :--.
[] Adjusting Shutter Speed and Aperture
While exposure lock is in effect, the following settings can be adjusted without altering the
metered value for exposure:
_=_!:'_'i']Vlod°e_:C:'71-1 Setting
Aperture
The new values can be confirmed in the viewfinder and control panel. Note that metering
can not be changed while exposure lock is in effect.
[] SeeAlso
If On is selected for Custom Setting cl (Shutter-release button AE-L, _ 213), exposure will
lock when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. For information on changing the
role of the AE-L/AFL b utton, see Custom Setting f5 (Assign AE-L/AF-L button, _ 232).
106