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Flash Photography with Speedlite 550EX
•The flash exposure compensation amount will be retained even after the < >
switch is set to < >.
•The flash exposure compensation amount can also be set with certain Canon
Speedlites. If flash exposure compensation is set with both the camera and the
Speedlite, the flash exposure compensation amount set with the Speedlite will
override the one set with the camera.
C.Fn-6-2 enables the flash exposure compensation amount to be set in 1/2-
stop increments. (→p.102)
C.Fn

Flash Exposure Compensation

With the camera, you can set the EOS-dedicated Speedlite’s flash
exposure compensation amount up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
1While pressing the < > button,
turn the < > dial to set the

desired flash exposure

compensation amount.

•On the LCD panel, the plus side of the
scale indicates overexposure and the
minus side indicates underexposure.
The sample display shows +2/3 stop
flash exposure compensation.
2Take the picture.
•Press the shutter button halfway to
display the flash exposure
compensation amount on the
viewfinder’s exposure level scale.
•Press the < > button to display the
flash exposure compensation amount
on the LCD panel.
•To cancel flash exposure
compensation, set the flash exposure
compensation amount to < >.
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