Table Of Contents - Canon Speedlite 580EX II Instruction Manual

Table of Contents

Contents3
Nomenclature4
Getting Started And Basic Operation7
Installing The Batteries8
Recycling Time And Flash Count8
Attaching To The Camera9
Turning On The Power Switch10
About Quick Flash10
About Auto Power Off10
Fully Automatic Flash Shooting11
Using E-Ttl Ii And E-Ttl Autoflash In The Shooting Modes12
Flash Sync Speeds And Apertures Used12
Using Flash13
Flash Exposure Compensation14
Feb15
Fe Lock16
High-Speed Sync17
Bounce Flash18
Set The Bounce Direction18
Creating A Catchlight19
Closeup Flash Shooting19
Setting The Flash Coverage And Using The Wide Panel20
Using The Wide Panel20
Auto Zoom For Image Size21
Manual Flash22
Flash Output Display22
Metered Manual Flash Exposures23
Stroboscopic Flash24
Calculating The Shutter Speed24
Maximum Stroboscopic Flashes25
Second-Curtain Sync26
Setting Custom Functions27
External Flash Metering30
Auto External Metering30
Manual External Metering30
Speedlite Control With The Camera's Menu Screen32
Setting Speedlite Functions32
Speedlite Custom Functions32
Clear All Speedlite Custom Functions32
Wireless Flash33
About Wireless Flash34
Positioning And Operation Range34
Multi-Speedlite, Wireless Lighting Configurations35
Wireless Settings36
Master Unit Setting36
Slave Unit Setting36
Fully Automatic Wireless Flash37
Master Unit's Flash On/Off39
Using Fully Automatic Wireless Flash40
Setting The Communication Channel40
Flash Ratio With E-Ttl Ii41
Setting The Slave Units41
Setting The Master Unit And Shooting42
Wireless Flash With Three Slave Groups43
Modeling Flash44
About Slave Group Control44
Setting The Flash Output For Each Slave45
Setting Manual Flash And Stroboscopic Flash With The Slave46
Reference47
580Ex Ii System48
About Color Temperature Information Transmission49
About The Af-Assist Beam49
Troubleshooting Guide50
The Speedlite Does Not Fire50
The Slave Unit Does Not Fire50
The Power Turns Off By Itself50
Auto Zoom Does Not Work51
The Flash Range Scale Bars Blink51
The Periphery Or Bottom Of The Picture Looks Dark51
The Flash Exposure Is Underexposed Or Overerxposed51
Specifications52
Using A Type-B Camera55