Adjusting the Flash Exposure Compensation

XThe flash will fire and when appears, the flash output will be retained.

zIf you release your finger from the shutter

button and press the b button again, will disappear and FE will unlock.

Compose the scene and shoot.

zWhen you shoot one image, will disappear and FE will unlock.

Adjusting the Flash Exposure

Compensation

Just as with exposure compensation (p. 75), you can adjust the exposure from –2 to +2 stops in 1/3-stop increments when using the flash.

Choose X.

zAfter pressing the mbutton, press the opbuttons to choose X.

hoose the amount of flash exposure compensation.

zPress the qrbuttons or turn the 5dial to choose the amount of flash exposure

compensation, then press the mbutton.

XOnce set, X will appear on the screen.

Safety FE

The camera automatically changes the shutter speed or aperture value when the flash fires to avoid overexposing and blowing out the highlights in the scene. However, if you press the nbutton to display the 4tab and set [Safety FE] in [Flash Settings] to [Off], the shutter speed and aperture value will not automatically adjust.

• You can also set the flash exposure compensation by pressing the n button to choose [Flash Settings] (p. 92) in the 4tab, then choose [Flash Exp. Comp] and press the qrbuttons to choose a setting.

•If you press the rbutton and immediately press the nbutton when the flash is raised, the settings screen will appear.

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