Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom Quick Start Manual page 139

AE Lock - Locking the exposure
TIPS
To save the locked multi-metering exposure after shooting (AE memory)
After setting AE lock in Step 1, or after pressing the shutter button halfway
in Step 2, hold down the AEL button for more than 1 second. C appears.
While C is displayed, the exposure is saved. Press the AEL button again
to cancel the AE memory.
AE lock was canceled.
Do not operate any of the buttons or the mode dial after performing AE lock.
Doing so will cancel AE lock.
The camera had emerged from sleep mode or the power was turned off.
• AE lock is not available when multi-metering is enabled. Set the metering
method to ESP, 5 or 4. g"Metering" (P.81)
Note
• AE lock is not available when a menu is displayed on the screen.
g"Menu basics" (P.38)
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• AE lock is not available when the control panel is displayed on the screen.
g"CONTROL PANEL – Using the monitor as a control panel" (P.163)
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