Canon 550EX manual Flash Exposure Compensation

1. Flash Exposure Compensation

Flash exposure compensation with the 550EX can be set up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (or 1/2-stop increments with some cameras). You can also use flash exposure compensation in combination with normal exposure compensation (to control the background’s exposure level) in a flash picture.

1 Press the < > button and select .

• Pressing the < > button changes the blinking setting in the following loop:

(Off)

• The icon and flash exposure compensation display blink.

2 Press the < > or < > button to set the desired flash exposure compensation amount.

3 Press the < > button or press the shutter button halfway.

• The icon and flash exposure compensation amount will stop blinking and remain displayed.

4 Focus the subject.

• Pressing the shutter button halfway also displays the flash exposure compensation amount on the scale in the viewfinder.

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