Shooting Functions117117Shooting FunctionsShooting FunctionsIf you cannot achieve an appropriate exposure because of a strong light/dark contrast between the subject and the background, or you want tocapture a photo in which the subject is out of the auto focus area, lock thefocus or exposure and then capture a photo.When the exposure lock function is assigned to [a] (example)1 Set the focus frame and half-press [Shutter] to measure theexposure.2 Press [a] to lock the exposure.3 Make changes to the composition after the exposure is locked.4 Half-press [Shutter] to achieve focus, and then press [Shutter]to take a photo.When the focus lock function is assigned to [a] (example)1 Set the focus frame and half-press [Shutter] to achieve focus.2 Press [a] to lock the focus.3 Make changes to the composition after the focus is locked.4 Half-press [Shutter] to measure the exposure, and then press[Shutter] to take a photo.You can change the function assigned to [a] to focus lock, exposure lock, orboth. (p. 172)Exposure/Focus lock
