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Procedure for using Auto Exposure Lock (AE lock) PowerShot G10.

Article ID: ART103870 | Date published: 05/11/2015 | Date last updated: 08/15/2015
 

Description

Procedure for using Auto Exposure Lock (AE lock) PowerShot G10.

Solution

Locking the Exposure Setting (AE (Auto Exposure) Lock)

This function is only available in the P, Tv, and Av modes.

You can set the exposure and focus separately. This is effective when the contrast is too strong between the subject and background or when a subject is backlit.

  1. Press the <DISPLAY> button to turn the LCD monitor on.

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

  3. While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the button.



    • The exposure setting locks and the icon appears on the LCD monitor.
    • Using any button or operation other than the Main Control Dial, and the ISO Speed Dial, cancels the AE lock.

  4. Recompose the image and shoot.



    The AF frame focuses on the subject.
  • The AE lock function cannot be used when the LCD monitor is off.
  • After locking the AE, you can change the ISO speed with the exposure fixed.
  • You can use FE (Flash Exposure) Lock when using the flash.
  • The automatically selected combinations of shutter speeds and aperture values can be freely changed without altering the exposure with the following procedures:
    1. Turn the mode dial to P, Tv, or Av.
    2. Press the <DISPLAY> button to turn the LCD monitor on.
    3. Focus on the subject on which you wish to lock the exposure and press the shutter button halfway.
    4. Press the button. The exposure setting will lock and the icon will appear in the LCD monitor.
    5. Turn the Main Contorl Dial until the desired shutter speed or aperture value is reached.
    6. Recompose the image and shoot. (The setting will cancel after the shot is taken.)

Changing the Shutter Speed and Aperture Value Combination

The automatically selected combinations of shutter speeds and aperture values can be freely changes without altering the exposure to shoot images. (Program Shift).

1 Aim the camera at the subject on which you wish to lock the exposure.

2. Press the shutter button halfway and press the button

  • The exposure lock setting will lock, and the will appear on the LCD monitor.

3. Use the control dial to change shutter speed and aperture value combinations.

4. Recompose the image and shoot.

  • The setting will cancel after the shot is taken

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