Specifications

AF-Assist Beam Emission Preconditions

550EX/Camera Combination

550EX’s AF-Assist

Camera’s AF-Assist

Beam Emitted

Beam Emitted

 

EOS-1D, EOS-1V, EOS-3, EOS-1N, EOS-1N RS,

 

 

EOS D60, EOS D30, EOS ELAN 7/7E, 30/33,

 

 

EOS 50/50 E/ELAN ll/ELAN ll E,

 

 

EOS 300/REBEL 2000, EOS 500 N/REBEL G,

 

 

EOS 3000N/66/REBEL XSN, EOS IX, EOS IX 7/IX Lite

 

 

EOS 1000 N/REBEL ll/1000 FN/REBEL S ll,

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EOS 1000/REBEL/1000 F/REBEL S,

 

 

EOS 100/ELAN, EOS 700,

 

 

EOS RT, EOS-1, EOS 630/600,

 

 

EOS 850, EOS 750, EOS 620, EOS 650

 

 

 

 

 

EOS 500/REBEL XS/REBEL X,

 

 

EOS 5/A2/A2 E, EOS 10/10 S,

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EOS 5000/888

 

 

 

 

 

Camera’s Flash-Related Exposure Warnings

Mode

Warning Indication

Description

Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

Max. sync speed

The background will

Only the flash

 

blinks.

be overexposed.

exposure setting for

Aperture-priority AE

 

 

the subject is correct.

 

 

Changing the aperture

 

 

 

 

 

 

may stop the shutter

 

 

 

speed from blinking.

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum aperture

The background will

 

Shutter speed-priority

setting blinks.

be overexposed.

Only the flash

 

 

exposure setting for

AE

Maximum aperture

The background will

the subject is correct.

 

 

setting blinks.

be underexposed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum aperture

The subject is too

Attach a neutral-

 

setting blinks.

bright.

density filter to the lens

Program AE

 

 

to reduce the amount

 

 

 

of light received by the

 

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

 

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