Flash exposure compensation, H press the <sel/set > button and ' select, Focus the subject – Canon 550EX User Manual

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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.

1. Flash Exposure Compensation

H Press the <SEL/SET > button and

' select

• Pressing the <SEL/SET > button changes

the blinking setting in the following loop:

-(Off)-#-

The

tS

icon

and

flash

exposure

compensation display blink.

p Press the < + > or < - > button to set

^ the desired flash exposure

compensation amount.

Press the <SEL/SET > button or

press the shutter button halfway.

The

ffl

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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