Color Filter - Canon SPEEDLITE EL-1 Advanced User's Manual

Color Filter

When shooting with flash under incandescent illumination (a tungsten light source), reddish,
unnatural colors may result on the subject's background where the flash light does not
reach. By attaching the provided color filter to the flash, automatic correction is made by the
camera's white balance function so that both the subject and background can be shot with
appropriate white balance.
Filter Contrast
Color filter
(orange)
1.
Attach the color filter.
(1) "Canon" logo
Correction effect
Light
Dense
Attach the filter securely to the flash head until it clicks in place as
shown in the figure.
Check that the display changes to <
To remove the filter, follow the procedure in reverse order. Raise the
attachment tab on the lower side of the filter and remove the filter from
the flash head.
Weak
Compensates for the effect of an
Strong
90
Application
incandescent light bulb
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