- 5. Recording settings
- Metering / Exposure / ISO Sensitivity
- Locking Focus and Exposure (AF/AE Lock)

Locking Focus and Exposure (AF/AE Lock)

Lock the focus and exposure in advance to take pictures with the same focus and exposure settings while changing the composition.

This is useful when you want to bring an edge of the screen into focus or there is a backlight, for example.

1Register [AE LOCK], [AF LOCK], or [AF/AE LOCK] to the Fn button. (Register Functions to the Fn Buttons)

[AE LOCK] | The exposure is locked.
[AF LOCK] | The focus is locked.
[AF/AE LOCK] | Both focus and exposure are locked.

2Lock focus and exposure.

Press and hold the Fn button.

If focus is locked, then the AF lock icon will be displayed.

If exposure is locked, then the AE lock icon will be displayed.

AF lock icon (AFL)

AE lock icon (AEL)

3Hold the Fn button to decide on the composition and then perform recording.

The lock can be maintained even without pressing and holding the Fn button:

[] [] [AF/AE Lock Hold] ([AF/AE Lock Hold])