Olympus E-300 - Manual (Page 90)

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Exposure
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AE lock—Locking the exposure
1
Aim the camera toward the subject.
2
Hold down AEL .
● The exposure is locked.
●
is displayed in the viewfinder.
3
Compose your shot. While holding
down
AEL , hold down the shutter
button halfway.
● The focus is locked.
4
Press the shutter button all the way.
● Releasing AEL cancels AE lock.
Mode dial
AEL button
Halfway
down
All the way
down
Shutter button
AE lock
Viewfinder
The metered exposure value can be locked with the AEL button (AE lock). Use
AE lock when you want a different exposure setting from the one that would
normally apply under the current shooting conditions.
Normally, pressing the shutter button halfway locks both AF (auto focus) and AE
(automatic exposure), but you can lock the exposure alone by pressing
AEL .
When you lock the exposure, the metering mode (digital ESP metering, center
weighted averaging metering or spot metering) selected in the menu is
automatically applied.
~ “AEL METERING” (P. 124)
P A S SCENE
Available modes
AEL
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