Ae Lock - Olympus CAMEDIA E 10 Instructions Manual

AE Lock

Normally the camera automatically meters the focus and the exposure when you half-
press the shutter button and locks the AF (automatic focus) and AE (automatic exposure)
at the same time. However, you can lock the exposure by pressing the
before pressing the shutter button.
If you press the shutter button with the
and the exposure does not change.
Conversely, if you press the
is fixed and you can adjust the exposure.
The exposure is held only as long as the
soon as the button is released.
Viewfinder
Locked
exposure
When the shutter button is half-pressed
When you press the
is canceled and the exposure selected with the
button is released, then exposure changes as metered automatically with a half-press on the
shutter button.
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button with the shutter button half-pressed, the focus
2 3
AEL displayed
button, the exposure setting selected by half-pressing the shutter button
button depressed, only AF is performed
button is depressed and released as
1
Point the camera at the subject for
which you want to set the
exposure.
2
Press the
Keep the button pressed down. While the
button depressed, the exposure setting will
not change. When the exposure is locked,
the AEL mark appears in the viewfinder.
If you half-press the shutter button while
holding down the
focus also operates.
3
With the
down, take the picture.
You can continue to take other pictures at
the same exposure, as long as you keep
the button pressed down.
button press is used. On the other hand, if the
button
button.
button, automatic
button still pressed