Olympus E-500 EVOLT E-500 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 81
AE lock - Locking the exposure, button is pressed, press
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AE lock - Locking the exposure [ The metered exposure value can be locked with the [ button (AE lock). Use AE lock when you want a different exposure setting from the one that would normally apply under the current shooting conditions. Normally, pressing the shutter button halfway locks both AF (auto focus) and AE (automatic exposure), but you can lock the exposure alone by pressing the [ button. When you lock the exposure, the metering mode (digital ESP metering, center weighted averaging metering or spot metering) selected in the menu is automatically applied. g "AEL metering" (P. 123) Press the AEL button at the point you want to lock the exposure. The exposure is locked while the AEL button is pressed, press the shutter button at this time. • Releasing the [ button cancels AE lock. • Using the custom menu, you can set AE lock so that it is not canceled when the AEL button is released. g "AEL/ AFL mode" (P. 121) [ button 6 Exposure, image and color 81
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