Digital Camera Lens INSTRUCTIONS EOS-1V, EOS-1V HS

Flash Photography with Speedlite 550EX

• The flash exposure compensation amount will be retained even after the < >

switch is set to < >.

• The flash exposure compensation amount can also be set with certain Canon

Speedlites. If flash exposure compensation is set with both the camera and the

Speedlite, the flash exposure compensation amount set with the Speedlite will

override the one set with the camera.

C.Fn-6-2 enables the flash exposure compensation amount to be set in 1/2-

stop increments. (→p.102)

C.Fn

Flash Exposure Compensation

With the camera, you can set the EOS-dedicated Speedlite’s flash

exposure compensation amount up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.

While pressing the < > button,

turn the < > dial to set the

desired flash exposure

compensation amount.

• On the LCD panel, the plus side of the

scale indicates overexposure and the

minus side indicates underexposure.

The sample display shows +2/3 stop

flash exposure compensation.

Take the picture.

• Press the shutter button halfway to

display the flash exposure

compensation amount on the

viewfinder’s exposure level scale.

• Press the < > button to display the

flash exposure compensation amount

on the LCD panel.

• To cancel flash exposure

compensation, set the flash exposure

compensation amount to < >.

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