I don't think I get AE Lock

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited July 7, 2009 in Cameras
With reference to the 40D...

Eg, I have a bright sky behind the subject, say, a street scene. What I have been doing: I aim the focus point at the sky, half-depress the shutter, keep it there while I press the AE-Lock button, release the shutter and refocus on the subject while still depressing the AE-Lock button, take photo.

Result, rampant blinkies in the sky!! And do I really need all that Houdini stuff with the fingers??!!

Related: does AE-Lock work in M mode? (It doesn't seem to work any-which-way in the current circumstances :scratch )

Thanks for your help!

Neil
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2009
    1. Put it in Av mode

    2. Aim at the sky and push *

    3. Frame and focus

    4. Shoot
    :D
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    1. Put it in Av mode

    2. Aim at the sky and push *

    3. Frame and focus

    4. Shoot
    :D

    Thanks for the speed. But... it's a tiny bit cryptic... or more simple than I expected!

    To say it my way: in Av mode (only?), put the focus point on the sky, press the AE-Lock button, release, put the focus point on the subject and fire away.

    But... the manual talks about half-cocking the shutter, and holding things down, and ... that''s why I'm confused.
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