Sony ILCE-1 Help Manual page 190

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-1
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AE lock
When the contrast between the subject and background is high, such as when shooting a backlit subject or a subject
near a window, meter the light at a spot where the subject appears to have the appropriate brightness and lock the
exposure before shooting. To reduce the brightness of the subject, meter the light at a spot brighter than the subject and
lock the exposure of the entire screen. To make the subject brighter, meter the light at a spot darker than the subject and
lock the exposure of the entire screen.
Adjust the focus on the spot at which the exposure is adjusted.
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Press the AEL button.
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The exposure is locked, and
Keep pressing the AEL button and focus on the subject again, then shoot the picture.
3
Keep holding the AEL button down while taking a shot if you want to continue shooting with the fixed exposure.
Release the button to reset the exposure.
Hint
If you assign the [AEL toggle] function to the AEL button using [
lock the exposure without holding down the button.
Note
[ AEL hold] and [
Related Topic
Using the AEL button
Assigning frequently used functions to buttons (Custom Key Setting)
(AE lock) is displayed.
AEL toggle] are not available when using zoom functions other than optical zoom.
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