Olympus C-770 Reference Manual - Page 90

AE LOCK - Locking the exposure 3 Position the AF target mark on the subject you want to focus on and press the shutter button halfway. • The green lamp lights. • AE lock cannot be canceled while the shutter button is pressed halfway. 4 Press the shutter button fully. HQ 2288 1712 • AE lock is automatically canceled after one shot. TIPS To save the locked metered value (exposure) after shooting (AE memory) → After Step 2 or 3, hold down x for more than 1 second. C appears. While C is displayed, the exposure is saved. Press x again to cancel the AE memory. AE lock was canceled. 5 → Do not operate any of the buttons or the mode dial after performing AE lock. Doing so will cancel AE lock. → The camera had emerged from sleep mode or the power was turned off. Advanced shooting • AE lock is not available when multi-metering is enabled. Turn multi- metering off. Note g"MULTI METERING" (P.86) • AE lock is not available when a menu is displayed on the screen. Exit the menu. g"How to use the menus" (P.35) 89