Troubleshooting Guide
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9 | The subject was toward the | The subject was not correctly | With an EOS camera having |
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| edge of the picture and it | exposed with the flash. |
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| select a focusing point which |
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| covers the subject and then |
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| compose the shot before | 36 | |
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| taking the picture. With an | ||
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| EOS camera having only | ||
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| one focusing point, set a |
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| suitable exposure |
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10 | The subject was in front of a | The flash’s reflection in the |
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| window and the subject’s | window caused the |
| subject so that the flash’s |
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| face turned out dark. | underexposure. |
| reflection in the window does | 36 | |
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| not enter the picture. Or set | 86 | |
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| exposure compensation on |
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11 | A group picture of people | The Speedlite tried to obtain |
| Set exposure compensation |
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| wearing black clothing had | a correct exposure for the |
| on the minus side. |
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| overexposed faces. | black clothing which has low |
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12 | The periphery of the picture | The flash head’s zoom |
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| came out dark. | setting that you set manually | zoom. Or manually set a |
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| gave inadequate flash |
| zoom setting that is shorter | 18 | |
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13 | The picture looks | Flash exposure |
| Cancel the flash exposure | 36 | |
| overexposed or | compensation was still in |
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| underexposed. | effect. |
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14 | The picture came out | Since the camera was set to |
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| blurred. | the Av mode and the scene |
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| was dark, a slow shutter |
| (2) Use the P mode. | 28 | |
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| speed was set automatically. | (3) Use the M mode on the | |||
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| blurry photograph. |
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15 | The slave unit does not fire. | The slave unit’s wireless |
| Set the slave unit’s wireless | 53 | |
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| selector is not set to | . | selector to | . | 100 |
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| The slave unit is not within |
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| the master unit’s wireless |
| the wireless transmission | 58 | |
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| transmission range. |
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