Hasselblad X1D-50c User Manual page 39

USER GUIDE
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Functions
AE-L BUTTON
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In Live View mode, this button is used for locking the exposure
in the automatic modes (A, S P and ). In Manual mode, this
button will lock the aperture and shutter speed combination,
allowing you to shift aperture and shutter speed combination
without changing the exposure with the scroll wheels.
In Browse mode it is used to zoom out in the image (AF-D zooms
in).
In Menu mode it is used to exit one level up in the menu (AF-D
enters one level down).
Lock an EV setting in manual and automatic modes
When the button is pressed, the light metering facility is locked
to the EV setting at that moment. An L (=locked) symbol
appears between the shutter speed and the aperture indication
on the Touch Display and Electronic Viewfinder Display to
confirm the status. Press the AE-L button again to unlock (a
toggle function).
In the locked setting, the aperture and shutter speed become
interlocked. In this way, a new aperture/shutter combination
that still represents the same EV, can be rapidly chosen. For
example, if the shutter is set to 1/125s and the aperture to
f/8 and are locked together, you can access new EV-equivalent
combinations of, for example, 1/30s a f/16 or 1/500s at f/4
just by moving the front scroll wheel.
In practice this means that you can, for example, in auto mode
position the metering area (spot setting) over an area in the
subject that you determine to be equivalent to a mid-grey and
lock it with the AE-L button. You can then recompose the picture
with the metering zone positioned over an area much brighter
or darker while still retaining the original exposure setting and
choose a new combination of aperture and shutter speed
settings.
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