Olympus C-3020 Zoom Reference Manual page 105

Metering modes — Metering the
subject brightness (Cont.)
2
Place the subject you want to focus on within the AF target mark,
then press the Shutter button halfway.
● The green lamp lights.
During AE lock, AEL is displayed.
AE lock cannot be canceled while the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
3
Press the Shutter button all the way.
● After shooting, AE lock is canceled and AEL disappears.
Setting limitations and Default settings (AE lock)
The setting for the AE lock differs depending on the shooting mode
concerned as shown below.
Mode dial
(Mode menu)
S-Prg
P
A/S/M/ A
S
M
● If you select M (Manual mode) with the mode dial set to the A/S/M/
position, you cannot select the AE lock.
Setting limitation
AE lock does not work in the S-Prg mode.
Available
AE lock does not work in the M mode.
Available
AEL
Factory default setting
(–: No setting)
–
–
~
Continued on next page
105