candleman -
thanks for your reply. i referred to my manual on the AE lock ,which what I'm assuming is what you're talking about. by reading the three steps they list there, seems to be a simple concept: focus the subjectt with the exposure reading displayed. press my (*) button (i have a canon), which should lock the auto exposure setting. then i can recompose and take the picture. to maintain the AE lock when taking more shots, it says that i need to hold down the (*) button & press the shutter button to shoot (I'll have to try this.)
but the confusing part then would be the table they list at the bottom of that page titled "AE lock effects" which shows the metering mode and the AF point selection method, and specifies where the AE lock is. SO, when in spot metering, according to the table, the AE lock is applied at the ceter AF point. WHHHHAT? This confuses things as i had thought from reading the above that I could fix this?
Thoughts on this? Sorry for such a newbie question ... Thanks for the help
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