Using a Type-B Camera

If you use the 580EX II with a Type-B camera (TTL autoflash camera), note the available features and restrictions below.

When a Type-B camera is used with the 580EX II set to autoflash,

<b> will be displayed on the Speedlite’s LCD panel. (With a Type-A camera, <a> will be displayed.)

Features Available with Type-B Cameras

·TTL autoflash

·Flash exposure compensation

·FEB

·Manual Flash

·Stroboscopic flash

·Second-curtain sync

·Manual external metering

·Wireless slave flash with manual flash

·Wireless slave flash with stroboscopic flash

Features not Available with Type-B Cameras

·E-TTL II/E-TTL autoflash

·FE lock

·High-speed sync (FP flash)

·Autoflash with wireless flash

·Flash ratio set with wireless slave units

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