Changing the flash timing, Changing the flash metering mode, Shooting with the fe lock – Canon EOS M10 User Manual

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Changing the Flash Timing

Still Images

Movies

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

Press the [

] button, choose [Flash

Control] on the [ 3] tab, and then

choose [Built-in flash settings].

Choose [Shutter Sync.], and then choose

the desired option (= 32).

1st curtain

The flash fires immediately after the shutter opens.

2nd curtain

The flash fires immediately before the shutter closes.

[1st curtain] is used whenever the shutter speed is 1/100 or faster,
even if you select [2nd curtain].

Changing the Flash Metering Mode

Still Images

Movies

[Evaluative] flash metering, which enables standard flash exposure, can

be changed to average flash metering across the metering area, as when

using an externally metered flash.

Press the [

] button and choose

[Flash Control] on the [ 3] tab. Choose

[E-TTL II meter.] and then [Average].

Shooting with the FE Lock

Still Images

Movies

Just as with the AE lock (= 64), you can lock the exposure for flash

shots.

1

Raise the flash and set it to [ ]

(= 76).

2

Lock the flash exposure.

Aim the camera at the subject to shoot

with the exposure locked, and then press

the [ ] button.

The flash fires, and when [ ] is displayed,

the flash output level is retained.

To unlock FE, press the [ ] button again.

[ ] is no longer displayed.

3

Compose the shot and shoot.

FE: Flash Exposure

The metering range is shown by a circle in the center of the
screen when FE is locked.

[ ] blinks when standard exposure is not possible (even if the
flash fires in step 2). Follow step 2 when subjects are within range
for flash shots.

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