Setting The Flash - Canon EOS 600D Instruction Manual

Setting the Flash _
The built-in flash and external Speedlite settings can be set with the
camera's menu. You can use the camera's menu to set the external
Speedlite function settings only if the attached EX-series SpeedHte is
compatible with this function.
The setting procedure is the same as setting a camera menu function.
Select [Flash control].
_ Under the ITS'] tab, select [Flash
control], then press <_-_>.
_y,, T he flash control screen will appear.
[Flash firing]
_, Normally, set this to [Enable].
<_ if [Disable] is set, neither the built-
in flash nor the external Speedlite
will fire. This is useful when you only
want to use the flash's AF-assist
beam.
E.TTLnMetering Modes
_ For normal flash exposures, set this
to [Evaluative].
_ [Average] is for advanced users. As
with an external Speedlite, the
metering area is averaged. Flash
exposure compensation may be
necessary.
[] Even if [Flash firing] has been Setto [Disable], if focus is difficult to achieve
in !ow light, _he bui!t:in flash may sti!l fire a series of f!ashes (AF:assist
beam, p.86).
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