Product Manual

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Taking and Viewing Photos
Focus/Exposure Lock
Other Controls
Focus and exposure can also be locked
using the AEL and AFON buttons. At de-
fault settings, you can use the AEL button
to lock exposure without locking focus.
If the AFON button is assigned AF LOCK
ONLY, it can similarly be used to lock fo-
cus without locking exposure.
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While the assigned control is pressed,
pressing the shutter button halfway will
not end the lock.
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If AE&AF ON/OFF SWITCH is selected
for D BUTTON/DIAL SETTING> AE/
AF-LOCK MODE, the lock can only be
ended by pressing the control a second
time.
AEL button
(exposure lock)
AFON button
N
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The focus lever (focus stick) can be used to reposition the focus point
during exposure lock.
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The AEL and AFON buttons can be assigned other roles using
D BUTTON/DIAL SETTING> FUNCTION (Fn) SETTING. Exposure
and focus lock can also be assigned to other buttons (P 138).