Locking the flash exposure setting (fe lock) – Canon S80 User Manual

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Advanced Shoo

ting Functions

4

Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock)

You can obtain the correct exposure regardless of the location of your
subject in the composition.

1

Press the button and display

on the LCD monitor.

2

Focus the AF frame or the spot metering frame on the
subject on which you wish to lock the flash exposure
setting and press the shutter button halfway.

3

Pressing the shutter button halfway, press the ISO button
halfway.

z

The flash pre-fires to acquire the exposure value required for the subject,
and

appears on the LCD monitor.

z

Each time you press the

button, the flash exposure locks at the

required intensity for that composition.

4

Recompose the image and shoot.

Mode Dial

After performing FE lock, using anything except the shutter button or
the multi control dial cancels the FE lock.

‹

FE Lock is not available while

is displayed on the LCD monitor.

‹

The FE lock function is not available when [Flash Adjust] is set to
[Manual].

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