Canon 2478A002 manual Turning On the Power

Readvine the ST-E2

The hot shoe on t h e EOS 650, EOS 620, EOS 750, a n d EOS

850will not couple w i t h t h e lock pin. The ST-E2 can still be attached to these cameras, but it cannot be locked onto the hot shoe.

(3)Turning On the Power

When transmission is possible,

2 the pilot lamp lights in red and the 5 icon lights in the camera viewfinder.

1 Turn the main switch to < I >.

The main switch has the follow- ing three positions:

<0 > : Turns of'f'the powcr.

<I > : Turns on the powrr.

<H LD > : T h e s e t t i n g s which were set a t the I switch position arc frozen. All transmitter con- trols exccpt t h e t e s t trtinsmis- sion button a r e disabled. This prevents inadvertant alteration of transmitter settings.

0 When the 5 icon lights in the camera viewfinder, it indicates that the ST-E2 is able to trans- mit. When Speedlite 550EX is rechareed and readv to fire. its AE-assist beam emiiter blinks.

Q If t h e ST-E2 is on and not u s e d for 90 sec., t h e S E (Save Energy) feature takes effect a n d t u r n s off t h e power automatically to save b a t t e r y power. The ST -E2 t u r n s back on when t h e shutter button or test trans- mission button is pressed.

With a Type A camera (EOS- 3, EOS Elan IIIIIE, EOS 50/50E, EOS 500NIRebel G, EOS IX. EOS IX7IIX Lite) equipped with E-ITL, the ST- E2's E-ITL indicator lights.