Nikon D5000 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Use autoexposure lock to recompose photographs after metering exposure:

M) or spot (N) metering 

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Matrix metering (

L) will not produce the desired results.

Position the subject in the selected focus point and press 
the shutter-release button halfway. With the shutter-
release button pressed halfway and the subject positioned 
in the focus point, press the AE-L/AF-L button to lock focus 
and exposure.

While exposure lock is in effect, an AE-L indicator will 
appear in the viewfinder.

Keeping the AE-L/AF-L button pressed, recompose the photograph and shoot.

A

While exposure lock is in effect, the following settings can be adjusted without altering the 
metered value for exposure:

Programmed auto

Shutter speed and aperture (flexible program; 

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Shutter-priority auto

Shutter speed

Aperture-priority auto

Aperture

The metering method itself can not be changed while exposure lock is in effect.

A

If On is selected for Custom Setting c1 (Shutter-release button AE-L, 

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lock when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. For information on changing the 
role of the AE-L/AF-L button, see Custom Setting f2 (Assign AE-L/AF-L button, 

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