Canon 380EX - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
• If you have a Type-A camera, read pages 2-28 and 36-46.
• If you have a Type-B camera, read pages 2~16 and 29-46.
Quick Start Guide.......................................................................... 6
Nomenclature.................................................................. ..............8
I. Before You
Start
1. Instailing the Batteries............................................. 10
2. Mounting the Speedlite........................................................ „12
3. Power Switch............................... ........................................... 13
4 FP Flash Switch................................... ................. ...................13
5. Piiot Lamp and Test Firing.......................................................14
6 Flash Exposure Confirmation..................... ............................. 14
7. Flash Coverage .......................................................................15
8 AF-Assist Beam ............................... ......................................16
9. Shutter Button Operation.........................................................16
II. Speedlite
380EX with
Type-A
Cameras
1 Fully-Automatic Flash Operation.............................................17
Fill Flash................... ............................................................... 19
2 Flash with Other Modes................ ..........................................20
(1) Flash with Aperture-Priority AE....................................... .21
(2) Flash with Shutter Speed-Priority AE...............................22
(3) Flash with Manual Exposure............................................. 23
3, Using Special Features.......................................... ................. 24
(1) FP flash..... ............................................................... .........24
(2) FE Lock.............................................................................. 26
(3) Second-Curtain Synchronization..................................... 28
III. Speedlite
380EX with
Type-B
Cameras
1. Fully-Automatic Flash Operation.............................................29
Fill-in Flash.............................................................................. 31
2. Flash with Other Modes...........................................................32
(1) Flash with Aperture-Priority AE......................................... 33
(2) Flash with Shutter Speed-Priority AE...... ...................... , 34
(3) Flash with Manual Exposure.............................................35
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IV. Other
Applications
1 Slow-Speed Sync ......................... ...................................... .36
2, Bounce Flash...... ................................................................... 38
3, Flash Exposure Compensation............................................... 39
4, Multiple Flash.................... ......................................................39
Troubleshooting Guide................................................................ 42
Specifications................. ............................................................43
Speedlite 380EX Feature Availability............................... ..........46
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