Canon 550 EX - Manual (Page 86)

1. Flash Exposure Compensation
Flash exposure compensation with the 550EX can be set up to ±3 stops in
1/3-stop increments (or 1/2-stop increments with some cameras). You can
also use flash exposure compensation in combination with normal exposure
compensation (to control the background’s exposure level) in a flash picture.
Press the < > button and
select .
• Pressing the < > button changes
the blinking setting in the following loop:
• The icon and flash exposure
compensation display blink.
Press the < > or < > button to set
the desired flash exposure
compensation amount.
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Press the < > button or
press the shutter button halfway.
• The icon and flash exposure
compensation amount will stop blinking and
remain displayed.
Focus the subject.
• Pressing the shutter button halfway also
displays the flash exposure compensation
amount on the scale in the viewfinder.
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