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for AE lock (hold) (so that you just have to press it but not hold it – the camera does the hold

part) you must take the series of photos before the metering turns off (the numbers disappear in

your viewfinder) because when that happens your exposure is no longer locked. Remember that

you set the length of time that the exposure meter stays active before it turns off using Custom

Setting c2 (see, it's all coming together now!) and that is why I recommended setting it for 20

seconds or even longer.

Figure 31 – Singer – Use Center-Weighted or Spot Metering in high-contrast situations to meter

for the area you want properly exposed (such as an area of skin tone here), then lock exposure

and recompose for final image. Shutter speed 1/60, aperture f/4.5, ISO 1600

To make use of Exposure Lock, try taking a photo of a subject or person against a very dark or

very bright background. First set Custom Setting f2 to AE-lock only, then:

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