Canon Speedlite 550EX Instructions Manual page 86

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1. Flash Exposure Compensation
Flash exposure compensation with the 550EX can be set up to ±3 slops ir
1/3-stop increments (or 112-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
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the desi red flash exposure
compensation amount.
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Press the < SEL/SET : > o button or
press the shutter button halfway .
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compensation amount will stop blinking arod
remain displayed.
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Focus the subject.
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displays the flash
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compensation
amount on the scale in the viewlinder.