Canon EOS 70D Instruction Manual download pdf (Page 24)

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2. Press the Set button, and then choose the metering mode that you would like to use

(I recommend starting with Evaluative) (B).

3. You can also change this setting on the LCD panel on the top of the camera. Just

press the Metering Mode selection button and use the Main Dial to scroll through

the different settings (C).

B C

Shooting with the AE Lock feature

Once you select your metering, you can lock that setting in your camera temporarily if

you want to recompose your image—for example, if you are in an environment where

there is sufﬁcient light on your subject but the background is signiﬁcantly brighter or

darker. The metering in your camera is continuous, meaning it will change depending on

where the center of the viewﬁnder is pointed. If you want to compose the image so that

the person is off-center, the camera will meter the wrong part of the scene.

To correct this, you can meter for one part of the image (your subject), lock down those

settings so they don’t change, and then recompose the scene and take your photo. Here’s

how to use the AE Lock feature on the 70D:

1. While looking through the viewﬁnder, place the center

focus point on your subject.

2. Press the AE Lock button to get a meter reading and

lock the exposure settings (Figure 4.7). You’ll notice an

asterisk just to the right of the Battery check icon inside

of the viewﬁnder, which indicates that you have locked

your exposure.

3. Now recompose your shot and then take the photo; your

camera will maintain the exposure of the area where you

originally locked it.

Figure 4.7

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