Canon Speedlite 380EX Instruction Manual - Page 11

2.

Flash

with

Other

Modes

II.

Speedlite

380EX

with

Type

-A

Cameras

The

E-TTL

auto

flash

system

can

also

be

used

with

a

Type

-A

camera

set

to

Av

(aperture

-priority

AE),

Tv

(shutter

speed

-priority

AE),

or

M

(manual).

Set

the

FP

flash

switch

to

the

green

dot

(normal

sync).

•

When

you

press

the

shutter

button

halfway,

the

shutter

speed

and

aperture

setting

are

displayed

as

in

any

AE

mode.

Shutter

Speed

and

Aperture

Setting

According

to

Mode

Mode

Shutter

Speed

Flash

Aperture

Full

Auto

and

Programmed

Image

Control

Automatically

set

(1/60-1/X

sec.)

Automatically

set

P

Automatically

set

(1/60-1/X

sec.)

Automatically

set

Av

Automatically

set

(30-1/X

sec.)

Manually

set

Tv

Manually

set

(30-1/X

sec.)

Automatically

set

M

(buLb-1/X

Manually

set

sec.)

Manually

set

•

Manually

set:

Set

by

the

use

.

Automatically

set:

Set

by

the

camera.

•

1/X

sec.:

Camera's

maximum

sync

speed

(see

page

46).

II

When

you

press

the

shutter

button

completely,

the

Speedlite

fires

a

test

preflash

immediately

before

the

shutter

is

released.

The

flash

exposure

reading

obtained

with

the

preflash

is

used

to

calculate

the

optimum

output

of

the

main

flash.

IN

The

exposure

for

the

background

is

set

with

the

shutter

speed

and

aperture.

If

flash

is

used

in

the

DEP

(Depth

-of

-field

AE)

mode,

it

will

be

the

same

as

using

flash

in

the

Program

AE

mode.

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Rash

with

Aperture

-Priority

AE

When

you

want

to

control

the

depth

of

field

or

when

you

want

the

background

correctly

exposed,

use

aperture

-priority

AE.

You

set

the

aperture

and

the

camera

sets

the

shutter

speed

automatically

to

suit

the

background's

light

level.

The

E-TTL

auto

flash

system

controls

the

flash

output

according

to

the

aperture

you

set.

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Set

the

camera

to

Av

(aperture

-

priority

AE)

and

set

the

desired

aperture.

Check

that

the

FP

flash

switch

is

set

to

the

green

dot.

Press

the

shutter

button

halfway

to

focus

the

subject.

Check

that

nothing

is

blinking

in

the

viewfinder

and

press

the

shutter

button

completely

to

take

the

picture.

In

low

-light

conditions,

a

slow

sync

speed

is

set

automatically.

A

tripod

is

recommended

for

slow

sync

speeds.

If

the

maximum

sync

speed

blinks,

the

background

will

be

overexposed.

If

the

30"

sync

speed

blinks,

the

background

will

be

underexposed.

Change

the

aperture

setting

until

the

sync

speed

stops

blinking

and

stays

on.

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Flash, Other, Modes

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