Canon XL1 Using a Canon Speedlite for Flash Photography

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Using a Canon Speedlite for Flash Photography (optional)
For SLR-style flash photography, attach a Canon
Speedlite 380EX to the camera using the optional
FA-100 Flash Adaptor. Attach its hot shoe cube to
the XL1’s accessory shoe, and the flash cable to
the flash adapter terminal.
Use the camera in exactly the same way as you
would normally in photo mode (p. 29). Turn on the
Speedlite using its main switch, and wait for it to
charge. When you press the PHOTO button
halfway down, the camera sets the autofocus and
the zoom is locked. Pressing the PHOTO button
fully down releases a pre-exposure flash that sets
the flash intensity, exposure and white balance.
The main flash is then sent out.
• In dark recording situations, a supplementary
light beam is sent out by the flash for approx.
seven seconds to illuminate the subject, while
you hold the camera’s PHOTO button halfway
down. This supplementary light only operates
during autofocus.
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Flash Charging
While the flash is charging, a white flashes in the viewfinder.
When the flash is fully charged a green lights up constantly in the viewfinder.
• Although it is possible to record a still image while the Speedlite is still charging, the flash will not go
off. In addition, the Speedlite cannot charge while you are holding the PHOTO button halfway down.
•disappears from the display while the camera records the still picture.
• If the mark does not appear in the viewfinder when you turn the flash on, make sure that the flash unit
is slid fully home on the hot shoe cube.
Notes:
• For full details of how to use the Speedlite, refer to its instruction manual.
• If you use the Speedlite in the shutter-priority (Tv), you can choose any shutter speed between 1/60 and
1/1000.
• In the aperture-priority (Av), you can choose any F number, but an F number of less than f/8 gives the
best results.
• You cannot use the Speedlite with the:
- Manual recording program.
- Exposure Lock. ( goes out if you press the EXP. LOCK button. It reappears when you turn the lock
off, by pressing the EXP. LOCK button.)
• Turn the Speedlite unit off when you do not require the flash.
• The Speedlite can not be used with an SA-1 Adapter Bracket.
• The 380EX Speedlite’s internal automatic zoom is set to 24 mm when attached to XL1. The guide
number is set to 21.
• You are unable to use the Speedlite 380EX’s bounce flash with the XL1.
• The FA-100 Flash Adaptor contains a special cable. Do not use other cables to attach a flash unit.
• You cannot use a flash with an EF lens attached to the XL1.