Owner's Manual

Exposure Lock (AE Lock)
You can lock the exposure when you want to set the focus and exposure
separately or when you are to take multiple shots at the same exposure
value. Press the<*> button to lock the exposure, then recompose and
take the picture. This is called AE lock. It is effective for shooting backlit
subjects, etc.
1 Focus on the subject.
• Press the shutter button halfway.
• The exposure value will be displayed.
Press the < * > button ( ~8 ).
• A [ *] icon is displayed in the lower left
of the screen to indicate that exposure is
locked (AE lock).
• Each time you press the<*> button,
the current exposure value is locked.
Recompose and take the picture.
• When you are to take more pictures
while maintaining the AE lock, keep
holding down the < * > button and
press the shutter button to take another
picture.
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