Digital Camera User Manual

VQT2G62

Advanced (Recording pictures)

While pressing [AF/AE LOCK], move the

camera as you compose the picture.

B AE lock indication

Press the shutter button halfway to focus

on the subject and then press it fully.

∫ Fixing the focus or the focus/the exposure

1 Select [AF/AE LOCK] in the [CUSTOM MENU] menu. (P28)

Press

to select [AF] or [AF/AE] and then press [MENU/SET].

3 Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

• You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.

Taking pictures when [AF] or [AF/AE] is set

1 Aim the lens at the subject.

2 Press and hold [AF/AE LOCK] to fix the focus and the exposure.

• When [AF] is selected, [AFL], the focus indication, aperture value, the shutter speed light

when the subject is focused.

• When [AF/AE] is selected, [AFL], [AEL], the focus indication, aperture value and the

shutter speed light when the subject is focused and the exposure is set.

• If you release [AF/AE LOCK], AF/AE Lock is cancelled.

3 While pressing [AF/AE LOCK], move the camera to the composition you would like to

take and then press the shutter button fully.

Note

• If you set [AF/AE LOCK HOLD] in the [CUSTOM MENU] menu to [ON], you can fix the focus

and the exposure even if you release [AF/AE LOCK] after pressing it. (P127)

• The brightness of the image displayed on the LCD monitor/optional external viewfinder will be

also locked when the AE lock is performed.

• AF Lock only is effective when taking pictures in Manual Exposure Mode.

• AE Lock only is effective during Manual Focus or Preview Mode.

• AE Lock and AF lock can be used during motion picture recording, but AE/AF lock cannot be

performed again during motion picture recording. During motion picture recording only

cancellation of AE/AF lock can be performed.

• The exposure is set, even if the brightness of the subject changes.

•

The subject can be focused again by pressing the shutter button halfway even when AE is locked.

• Programme Shift can be set even when AE is locked.

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