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Old 06-22-2009, 06:41 PM
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My new Sony Alpha 330 does not have an exposure lock button. I would like to know how I can lock the exposure manually so I can take one of those cool sunset portraits. i.e set the exposure to capture the sunset and use fill flash on the subject to get them both.

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Old 06-23-2009, 12:46 AM
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I don't know the Alpha, but you might get more useful responses if you post this in a different section... it's not really related to photographing people.
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Old 06-23-2009, 01:48 AM
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Perhaps a Mod can move this to the proper Forum.

You don't need to use Exposure Lock to take that kind of a picture. Your shutter speed will control the ambient light and your aperature will control the amount of light let in by the flash. Hope that answers your question.
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