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Locking the Flash Exposure Setting
(FE Lock)
You can obtain the correct exposure with flash photography
regardless of the location of your subject in the composition.
Mode Dial
1
Press the (Flash) button and set the flash to fire
(p. 62).
z If you are using an externally mounted flash, please refer to its
manual for setting instructions.
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
While pressing the shutter button halfway, press the
button.
z The exposure setting locks (FE lock) and the icon appears on
the LCD monitor (or in the viewfinder).
z The flash will fire a pre-flash and lock the flash exposure to the
required intensity to illuminate the subject.
z Each time you press the button, the flash exposure fires a pre-
flash and locks at the required intensity for that composition.
z Using any button or lever other than the main dial cancels the FE lock.
4
Recompose the image and shoot.
z The FE lock only functions with the built-in flash, an externally
mounted EX series Speedlite, a Macro Ring Lite or a Macro Twin
Lite.
z The FE lock function is not available when [Flash Adjust] is set to
[Manual].
