Full auto flash, Taking flash pictures in each shooting mode – Canon EOS D30 User Manual

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Flash Photography with the EOS-Dedicated 550EX Speedlite

Full Auto Flash

This section describes how to use Full Auto E-TTL flash with

〈 〉

(Program AE) mode. For

instructions for operating the 500EX Speedlite, see the 550EX User’s Guide.

1

Set the Mode Dial to

〈 〉

.

2

Make sure the 550EX Speedlite’s
pilot lamp is on.

3

Focus the subject, and take the
picture.

Make sure the flash-ready indicator

〈 〉

is

on, and check the shutter speed and
aperture value before taking the picture.

Taking Flash Pictures in Each Shooting
Mode

Even in

,

, and

〈 〉

modes, E-TTL autoflash is as easy as normal picture-taking without flash.

(1) Press the shutter button down halfway to have the camera automatically set the shutter

speed or aperture value, just as in normal picture-taking without flash.

(2) Press the shutter button down fully for E-TTL autoflash, using preflash evaluative metering

based on the aperture value set in (1).

(3) The background exposure is determined by the shutter speed and aperture value.

MODE

SELEC

PILOT

H

Mode

(Shutter-priority AE)

(Aperture-priority AE)

(Manual exposure)

Shutter speed setting

Manual (30 to 1/200 sec.)

Auto (30 to 1/200 sec.)

Manual (30 to 1/200 sec.)

Aperture (flash aperture) setting

Auto

Manual

Manual

You can set the camera to apply a fixed shutter speed of 1/200 for flash
photography in aperture-priority AE mode. (C.Fn-6 →126)

Flash photography in

mode operates the same as in

〈 〉

mode.

In the Easy Shooting zone (→20), the 550EX Speedlite operates in Full Auto
mode, with the same functions as the built-in flash.

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