- 141 -Advanced (Recording pictures)For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P27.Take a picture with the focus or exposure locked.This is a technique for setting the focus and the exposure in advance when the subject isoutside the focus area or when the contrast is too sharp and the appropriate exposurecannot be achieved.Applicable modes:∫ Setting the AF/AE lock1 Aim the AF area at the subject.2 Press [AF/AE LOCK] to fix the focus and exposure.• This does not work when AF tracking is active.3 Move the camera to compose the picture and then press the shutter fully.∫ To cancel the AF/AE lockThe setting is cancelled by pressing the [AF/AE LOCK] again.Note• 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 islocked.• Programme shift can be set even when AE is locked.• When recording motion pictures after locking, you can continue to record in a locked state inCreative Motion Picture Mode. Lock will be cancelled in other modes than Creative MotionPicture Mode.• Lock is cancelled when zooming is performed after locking. Perform the locking again.• AE lock will not work in Manual Exposure Mode (when [SENSITIVITY] is set to something otherthan [AUTO]), Advanced Scene Mode and Scene Mode.[AF/AE LOCK][AF]: Only the focus is locked.• [ ] is displayed when the focus is adjusted.[AE]: Only the exposure is locked.• [ ], aperture value, and shutter speed is displayed when the exposureis adjusted.[AF/AE]: Both focus and exposure are locked.• [ ], aperture value, and shutter speed are displayed when the focus andexposure are adjusted.
