Auto-Exposure Lock; Setting The Ae-Lock; Cancelling The Ae-Lock - Minolta DiMAGE DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO Instruction Manual

AUTO-EXPOSURE LOCK

AE Lock allows you to lock an auto exposure value.
Once the auto exposure is locked, the multiple images on the same film will be scanned with
the same exposure settings when performing the prescan and the final scan. With the AE lock
function, for example, when scanning a backlit scene or a film to which exposure adjustments
have been made, you can obtain a scanned image which reflects the exposure correction
made when taking the photograph.
AE (Auto Exposure) function is performed in the following cases:
• When prescanning negative film.
• When prescanning colour positive film, where AUTO EXPOSE FOR SLIDES has been
selected in the preferences.

SETTING THE AE-LOCK

After prescanning the image...
1. Click on .
• cannot be selected until an image has been
prescanned.
2. Select another image, then click on
• The locked exposure setting will apply to the selected
prescan image.
• The prescan and the final scan will be performed with the
locked exposure setting until the AE Lock function is
cancelled by clicking on the AE lock button again.
• When [Auto Expose for Slides] in the Preferences (see
page 29) is not checkmarked, the AE lock function is not
available with positive film.
Images will be scanned using the AE lock settings until AE
lock is cancelled or the scanner is reinitialized.

CANCELLING THE AE-LOCK

1. Click on .
2. Click on to prescan the image again.
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