Lockingthe Exposure(Aelock) - Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting

0 Lockingthe exposure(AElock)
You can fix the expt)sure before deciding on tile conaposition wben taking a picture. Tbis is
effective when Ihe tnelering object and focusing otzjecl are different, t)r when 5,ou want to
sbot)l conlinuoltsly while keeping the same exposure value.
-- Shutter button
AEL (AE lock) button
(_) Target the subject lbr which you want to meter the exposure.
• A([iusl lhe locus (you do noI need 1o lock the locus.)
@ Press the AEL (AE lock) burton.
• '%EL"* lights lip in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor 1o indicale that file exposure is locked.
AEL: Stands lor Auto Exposure Lock
(_) While pressing the AEL (AE lock) button, recompose the image, if necessa U, and press the
shutter button to take the picture.
• II the AEL (AE lock) bulton is kept down after a shot, you can continue to shoot wilh the same exposure
value. The setting is canceled when the buoon is released.
• When lhe flash is fired in a mode other than shultcr speed priority mode or manual mode, slow sync
conlrol is activated and AE Lock is perlormcd (page 69).
• You call sel lhe camera 1o keep lhe exposure value alter releasing tile AEL (AE lock) bulton (page 93).
• Regardless of the type of metering mode _lected, you call set the camera to lemporarily fix the exposure
using the spot melering (Spol AEL) by pressing the AEL (AE lock) butlon (page 93).
About t heEvscalewhentheAEL(AElock)button ispressed
When }ou lock tile exposure by pressing tile AEL (AE lock) button, tile locked exposure value
is set as tbe standard (0). After recomposing, the Ev scale displays the tnetered light level
witbin the spot metering circle. Tbis tells yt)u the difference in brigbtness among tbe segments
of the screen.
• If the light level wilhin lhe spol metering circle exceeds 2.0Ev more/less than lhe standard value. _t>
appears al the end of lhe Ev scale. Tile _t> slarts flashing if lhe dill)rcnce becomes ally greater.
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