Flash exposure compensation, Take the picture – Canon EOS 1 V HS User Manual
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Flash Photography with Speedlite 550EX
Flash Exposure Compensation
With the camera, you can set the EOS-dedicated Speedlite’s flash
exposure compensation amount up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
While pressing the <®> button,
turn the <0> dial to set the
desired flash exposure
compensation amount.
• On the LCD panel, the plus side of the
scale indicates overexposure and the
minus side indicates underexposure.
The sample display shows +2/3 stop
flash exposure compensation.
Take the picture.
• Press the shutter button halfway to
display the flash exposure
compensation amount on the
viewfinder’s exposure level scale.
• Press the <03 > button to display the
flash exposure compensation amount
on the LCD panel.
• To cancel flash exposure
compensation, set the flash exposure
compensation amount to <(!l>.
The flash exposure compensation amount will be retained even after the < © >
switch is set to < OFF >.
The flash exposure compensation amount can also be set with Canon Speedlites
550EX, 540EZ, 430EZ, and Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX. If flash exposure
compensation is set with both the camera and Speedlite, the Speedlite’s flash
exposure compensation amount will override the one set with the camera.
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C.Fn-6-2 enables the flash exposure compensation amount to be set in 1/2-
stop increments. (->p.102)
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