Flash Exposure Compensation - Canon SPEEDLIGHT 550EX Instructions Manual

1. Flash Exposure Compensation

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.
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Press the <
1
select .
• Pressing the <
the blinking setting in the following loop:
• The icon
compensation display blink.
Press the < > or < > button to set
2
the desired
compensation amount.
Press the <
3
press the shutter button halfway.
• The icon
compensation amount will stop blinking and
remain displayed.
Focus the subject.
4
• Pressing the shutter button halfway also
displays the flash exposure compensation
amount on the scale in the viewfinder.
> button and
> button changes
(Off)
and flash exposure
flash exposure
> button or
and flash exposure