User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Q&A Index
- Quick Start Guide
- Menu Options
- Table of Contents
- For Your Safety
- Notices
- Introduction
- Basic Photography and Playback
- P, S, A, and M Modes
- User Settings: U1 and U2 Modes
- Release Mode
- Image Recording Options
- Focus
- ISO Sensitivity
- Exposure
- White Balance
- Image Enhancement
- Flash Photography
- Remote Control Photography
- Other Shooting Options
- Live View Photography
- Movie Live View
- Special Effects
- More on Playback
- Connections
- Menu Guide
- The Playback Menu: Managing Images
- The Shooting Menu: Shooting Options
- Custom Settings: Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
- The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
- The Retouch Menu: Creating Retouched Copies
- My Menu/Recent Settings
- Technical Notes
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A Metered Area
In spot metering, exposure will be locked at the value metered in a 3.5-mm (0.14 in.) circle
centered on the selected focus point. In center-weighted metering, exposure will be locked
at the value metered in a 8-mm circle in the center of the viewfinder.
A Adjusting Shutter Speed and Aperture
While exposure lock is in effect, the following settings can be adjusted without altering the
metered value for exposure:
Mode Setting
P Shutter speed and aperture (flexible program; 0 48)
S Shutter speed
A Aperture
The new values can be confirmed in the viewfinder and control panel.
Note that metering
can not be changed while exposure lock is in effect.
A See Also
If On is selected for Custom Setting c1 (Shutter-release button AE-L, 0 236), exposure will
lock when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.
For information on changing the
role of the A AE-L/AF-L button, see Custom Setting f4 (Assign AE-L/AF-L button, 0 256).