Changing the flash timing, Shooting with the fe lock – Canon PowerShot G3 X User Manual

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Changing the Flash Timing

Still Images

Movies

Change the timing of the flash and shutter release as follows.

1

Access the setting screen.

z

Press the [

] button, choose [Flash

Control] on the [ 5] tab, and then press

the [ ] button (= 31).

2

Configure the setting.

z

Choose [Shutter Sync.], and then choose

the desired option (= 31).

1st-curtain

The flash fires immediately after the shutter opens.

2nd-curtain

The flash fires immediately before the shutter closes.

Shooting with the FE Lock

Still Images

Movies

Just as with the AE lock (= 79), you can lock the exposure for flash

shots.

1

Raise the flash and set it to [ ]

(= 93).

2

Lock the flash exposure.

z

Aim the camera at the subject to shoot

with the exposure locked. With the

shutter button pressed halfway, press the

[ ] button.

z

The flash fires, and when

[ ] is displayed, the flash output level is

retained.

z

To unlock FE, release the shutter button

and press the [ ] button again. In this

case, [ ] is no longer displayed.

3

Compose the shot and shoot.

z

After one shot, FE is unlocked and [ ] is

no longer displayed.

FE: Flash Exposure

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