Locking The Flash Exposure Setting (Fe Lock) - Canon PowerShot S30 User Manual

Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock)

You can lock the flash exposure so that the exposure settings are correctly set for a
particular portion of your subject. For an explanation of how different
combinations of light metering options and a selected AF frame affect where the
FE lock is metered, see page 80.
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Press the
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Set the flash to fire (p. 47).
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Focus on the subject on which you wish to lock the flash the subje the subjec
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• Press the shutter button halfway. shutter butto shutter butto
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While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the
• The flash exposure compensation setting locks (FE lock) and the
appears on 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 exposure locks at the required intensity for that composition). re locks at re locks at
• Using any button, lever or switch other than pressing the shutter button button, leve button, leve
halfway or using B, A, C or D on the multicontroller cancels the FE lock.
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• As the example to the right shows, a backlit
subject can be shot at the correct exposure if the
FE lock is set when the camera is aimed at a
non-backlit portion of the subject.
• This function can only be selected in the ,
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