Canon EOS M5 User Manual page 173

Setting Option Description
Choose a flash mode to suit your desired flash
shooting.
● [E-TTL II flash metering] is the standard
mode of EX-series Speedlites that can fire
automatically.
Flash Mode
● Use [Manual flash] mode if you will decide the
[Flash output level] of the flash unit yourself.
● For details on other flash modes, refer to the
instruction manual of a flash compatible with
those modes.
Enables wireless flash shooting with multiple flash
units. When shooting with multiple flashes, you can
also configure the radio channel, optical channel,
Wireless Func.
and master flash firing. For details, refer to the
instruction manual of flash units compatible with
wireless flash shooting.
With flash units that have a zooming flash head,
Flash zoom you can set the flash coverage. Normally, choose
(flash coverage) [AUTO] to have the camera automatically set the
flash coverage to match the lens focal length.
Change the timing of the flash and shutter release
as follows.
● [ ]: The flash fires immediately after the
shutter opens.
● [ ]: The flash fires immediately before the
second curtain closes. If the shutter speed is
Shutter
1/100 sec. or faster, first-curtain synchronization
synchronization
is used automatically even if [Second-curtain
synchronization] is set.
● [ ]: The flash can be used at all shutter
speeds. Especially effective when shooting
portraits using fill flash, to give priority to the
aperture setting.
Setting Option Description
Enables adjustment of exposure compensation
at the moment the flash fires. For details, refer
to the instruction manual of the flash unit. If flash
Flash exposure
exposure compensation is set on the flash, it
compensation
cannot be set on the camera. If it is set on both
the camera and flash, the flash setting takes
precedence.
Configure the flash output level. For details, refer to
Flash output the instruction manual of the flash unit. If it is set on
level both the camera and flash, the flash setting takes
precedence.
Activates FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing), which
takes three shots while automatically changing
Flash exposure
the flash output. For details, refer to the instruction
bracketing
manual of flash units compatible with flash
exposure bracketing.
Flash count/ Set the flash count and frequency when [Flash
Flash frequency Mode] is set to [MULTI].
Set the relative flash output level in wireless (multi-
Ratio control
flash) flash shooting or with the MR-14EX II.
● [Built-in flash settings] is not available when an external flash is
attached.
● Information displayed and available setting items vary depending
on the type of flash unit, current flash mode, flash Custom
Function settings, and other factors. For details on the functions
available with your flash unit, refer to the instruction manual of the
flash unit.
● With an EX-series Speedlite not compatible with flash function
settings, only [Flash Exp. Comp] can be adjusted. ([Shutter
synchronization] can also be set for some EX-series Speedlites.)
Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting Modes
P Mode
Tv, Av, M, C1, and C2 Mode
Playback Mode
Wireless Features
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
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