Canon SPEEDLITE EL-1 Manuals

Table of Contents

• • 2

    Table of Contents

• 4

  Introduction

  • 5

    Instruction Manual
  • 6

    About this Guide
  • 8

    Safety Instructions
  • 10

    Nomenclature

• 26

  Getting Started and Basic Operations

  • 27

    Charging the Battery
  • 31

    Insert the Battery
  • 33

    Attaching and Detaching the Speedlite to and from the Camera
  • 35

    Turning on the Power
  • 40

    Fully Automatic Flash Photography
  • 42

    E-TTL II / E-TTL Autoflash by Shooting Mode
  • 47

    Checking the Battery Information

• 49

  Advanced Flash Photography

  • 50

    Flash Exposure Compensation
  • 52

    Feb
  • 54

    FE Lock
  • 56

    High-Speed Sync
  • 58

    Second-Curtain Sync
  • 60

    Bounce
  • 67

    Set the Flash Coverage
  • 71

    Manual Flash
  • 78

    Stroboscopic Flash
  • 82

    Flash External Metering
  • 87

    Continuous Shooting Priority Mode
  • 88

    About the Modeling Lamp
  • 89

    Modeling Flash
  • 90

    Color Filter
  • 92

    Clearing Speedlite Settings

• 94

  Flash Function Settings with Camera Controls

  • 95

    Flash Control from the Camera's Menu Screen

• 102

  Radio Transmission Wireless Flash Shooting

  • 103

    Radio Transmission Wireless Flash Shooting
  • 110

    Radio Transmission Wireless Settings
  • 124

    Automatic Flash Photography with 1 Flash Receiver
  • 133

    Automatic Flash Photography with Receivers Divided into 2 Groups
  • 136

    Automatic Flash Photography with Receivers Divided into 3 Groups
  • 141

    Wireless Multiple Flash Shooting with a Set Flash Ratio
  • 145

    Shooting in a Different Flash Mode for each Group
  • 150

    Test Flash / Modeling Flash from a Receiver Unit
  • 152

    Remote Release from a Receiver Unit
  • 154

    Linked Shooting with Radio Transmission

• 159

  Optical Transmission Wireless Flash Shooting

  • 160

    Optical Transmission Wireless Flash Shooting
  • 164

    Optical Transmission Wireless Settings
  • 173

    Automatic Flash Photography with 1 Flash Receiver
  • 181

    Automatic Flash Photography with Receivers Divided into 2 Groups
  • 184

    Automatic Flash Photography with Receivers Divided into 3 Groups
  • 188

    Wireless Multiple Flash Shooting with a Set Flash Ratio
  • 191

    Manual Flash / Multiple Flash Set in the Receiver Unit

• 194

  Customizing the Speedlite

  • 195

    Setting Custom and Personal Functions
  • 202

    Settings that Can be Changed with Custom Functions
  • 206

    Settings that Can be Changed with Personal Functions

• 212

  Reference

  • 213

    EL-1 System
  • 215

    Flash Firing Restriction Due to Temperature Increase
  • 219

    Troubleshooting
  • 225

    Specifications
  • 232

    Accessories