Canon Speedlite 550EX Instructions Manual page 118
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Specifications
Type:
Direct-sync. shoe-mount flash with E-TTUTTL aUloHash control
and
wireless
transmissionJreception
(E-TTL pre/lash, AF-assisl beam, auto
zoom, and bounce flash).
Compatible cameras:
Type-A EOS cameras (for E-TTL autoflash control) See
page
23.
Type-B
EOS
cameras (for TTL autoflash cont rol) See page 77.
Flash coverage and Guide No.:
See page
121.
Battery life and recycling time:
Flash duration:
Flash coverage:
Flash modes:
Bounce
posi~ons:
Seepage!!.
1.2
ms or
less. For quick flash: 2.3 ms or shorter.
(!)
Aulo
zoom head covers 24mm. 2Bmm. 35mm. 5Omm, 70mm, BOmm,
and 105mm
lens
focal lengths
automa~cally.
(2) Manual zoom: Enabled with
zoom
button.
(3)
Wide
parlel: When
the
bu ill-in wide panel cove rs
the
flash head,
flash
coverage
is
e~tended
lor
17mm
lens
focal length.
(I)
NOlTTlalllash
(2)
Quick flash
(3) High-speed syllC
(FP Ilash)
(4)
Stroboscopic ftash: 41 flash lrequellCy settill9s, 311iring settings
(5)
Prell
ash
:
Obtains exposure
reading
lor E-TTL
autol1
ash control
(6) Test flash:
With
test firlll9 button
(7) Modefing l lash' Fired
with the
EOS·3's depth-o/-field preview button
Q;rection
""gIe
CIid<
Stops
".
Righi
0'
·160"
0"
-
90'
0'
,60",75'
,90"
0',1'
0". 60",
7S·
,
90'
,
120', ISO'
,
160"
0",
60'
,75'
,
90'
Exposure control
modes:
(1) E-TTL autotlash (With
Type
·A
cameras: Preflash evaluative metenng)
(2) FE lock
(with
Type·A
cameras: Preflash metering, FE lock)
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(3) TTL autoflash (wilh Type·S cameras: Off·the-film metering)
Flash exposure compensation:
(1) Automatic ftash output reduction for fill flash.
(2) Flash exposure compensalion adjustable manua
ll
y
with
the
Speedlite
up
to:l:3 stops in 113- or 112·stop illCremenls.
(3) Flash exposure compensal ion adjustable manually up 10 ±3 stops
in
1/3· or tl2-stop illCrements with cameras equ ipped
with
flash exposure
compensation fUllCtion.
FEB:
Set with
the
Speed lite up to
+1-
3
stops
in 113-stop or 112·stop
increments.
Rash range (with SOmm fit .4 lens
at ISO
100):
(1)
With normal flash
(2)
With quick flash
:
0.5·30 meters
11.S·
100 feet
.
Min.
0.5
-
7.5 meters and
max.
0.5 -
21
meters
I
: Min.
1.6· 251eel
and
max.
I.S
-
70 leet
(3) With high-speed sync:
0.5·
15 meters
11.S -
49
feel (at 11250 sec.)
Flash exposiJre
confll!1lati;)n:
Yet low-green pilot lamp
lights.
SyllC speed:
See page 124.
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