Olympus C-5000 Zoom User Manual

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AE LOCK – Locking the exposure

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Position the AF target mark on the
subject you want to focus on and
press the shutter button halfway.

• The green lamp lights.
• AE lock cannot be canceled while the

shutter button is pressed halfway.

4

Press the shutter button fully.

• AE lock is automatically canceled after

one shot.

TIPS

To save the locked metered value (exposure) after shooting (AE
memory).
Æ

After step 2 or 3, hold down x for more than 1 second. C
appears. While C is displayed, the exposure is saved. Press
x again to cancel the AE memory.

AE lock was canceled.
Æ

Do not operate any of the buttons or the mode dial after performing
AE lock. Doing so will cancel AE lock.

Æ

The camera had emerged from sleep mode or the power was
turned off.

• AE lock is not available when a menu is displayed on the screen.

Exit the menu.

g“How to use the menus” (P.33)

During AE lock, AEL is
displayed.

F2.8

F2.8

1600 1200

1600 1200

SQ1

SQ1

Note

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