Canon Speedlite 380EX Instruction Manual - Page 17

2.

Flash

with

Other

Modes

III.

Speedlite

380EX

with

Type

-B

Cameras

The

TTL

auto

flash

system

can

also

be

used

with

a

Type

-B

camera

set

to

Av

(aperture

-priority

AE),

Tv

(shutter

speed

-priority

AE),

or

M

(manual).

■

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

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

Manually

set

(buLb-1/X

sec.)

Manually

set

•

Manually

set:

Set

by

the

user.

Automatically

set:

Set

by

the

camera.

•

1/X

sec.:

Camera's

maximum

sync

speed

(see

page

46).

•

When

you

press

the

shutter

button

completely,

the

Speedlite

fires.

The

flash

output

is

controlled

by

the

TTL

auto

flash

system

(the

flash

is

metered

off

-the

-film

and

cut-off

automatically

when

the

correct

exposure

is

attained)

according

to

the

set

aperture.

■

The

exposure

for

the

background

is

set

with

the

shutter

speed

and

aperture.

M

•

•

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When

the

380EX

is

used

with

a

Type

-B

EOS

camera,

the

FP

flash

switch

does

not

function.

Using

the

380EX

in

the

depth

-of

-field

AE

mode

obtains

the

same

result

as

using

it

in

the

Program

AE

mode.

(1)

Flash

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

TTL

auto

flash

system

controls

the

flash

output

according

to

the

aperture

you

set.

Av

3

0

5.6

f

•

I

Set

the

camera

to

Av

(aperture

-

priority

AE)

and

set

the

desired

aperture.

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.

r_41

If

the

maximum

sync

speed

blinks,

the

background

will

be

overexposed.

If

the

30"

LEI

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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