User manual CANON SPEEDLITE 580EX II

[. . . ] Canon SPEEDLITE 580EXII INSTRUCTION MANUAL MODE D'EMPLOI MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES Canon SPEEDLITE SBOEXII Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The Canon Speedlite 580EX II is an EOS-dedicated, high-output flash unit automatically compatible with E-TTL II, E-TTL, and TTL autoflash. It can serve as an on-camera flash as well as a master unit or a slave unit in a wireless, multiple-Speedlite system. " Read this instruction manual while also referring to your camera's instruction manual. Before using the Speedlite, read this instruction manual and your camera's instruction manual to familiarize yourself with the Speedlite operations. · The basic operation is as easy as with normal AE shooting. When the 580EX II is attached to an EOS camera, almost all automatic exposure control for flash photography is handled by the camera. It is almost the same as using the camera's built-in flash if it has one. [. . . ] Wireless flash with the following settings can be done in the same way as with normal flash shooting. · Flash exposure compensation · High-speed sync (FP flash) · FE lock ·FEB . Stroboscopic flash ril With FE lock, if even one Speedlite will result in underexposure, the < ~ > icon will blink in the viewfinder. Open the aperture more or move the slave unit closer to the subject. Setting the Communication Channel If there is another Canon wireless flash system nearby, you can change the channel No. Both the master and slave units must be set to the same channel No. 1 Press the <ZOOM/~> button ··< so that <m. > blinks. Set the channel No. $ Turn the <@ > dial to select the m»Zoom ~=, 2 . channel number, then press the <@> button. :;K>. Ell 2 . 40 Flash Ratio with E-TTL II With one master unit and one slave unit or two slave groups, you can set the flash ratio for E-TTL II autoflash shooting. The example below has two slave units and the master unit disabled from firing. Indoors 1Om 1(32. ) I I 12m (39. 4ft. ) Setting the Slave Units Two slave units can be assigned to different slave groups by setting the slave 10. Set the wireless mode to < SLAVE >. (p. 36) ETTL ~Kl mlZoom 2Ymm "Z. ~I IHIII 1 . il·"'__ A _ , I, Press the <ZOOM/~> button so that < A > blinks. 'T'- 41 3 Set the slave 10. e Press the < @ > button . For the other slave unit, do steps 1 and 2, turn the < @> dial to select < B>, then press the < @ > button. · Slave ID < B > will be set. MASTER Disable the master unit's flash firing. (p. 39) ETTL Press the <ZOOM/~> button so that < RATIO > blinks. 4 ETTL ~ '""2:. 11 Select the flash ratio. Turn the <@> dial to select <A: B>, then press the < @ > button. · Turn the <@> dial to set the flash ratio. li!j)zoom 2Ymm . -J . '. tt'$, lij' _, . , . , ·· A:B 2:1 · 1:1 · 1:2 · 1:4 · 1:8 5 Set the flash ratio. 6 Set the camera and shoot. · Set the camera in the same way as with normal flash shooting. [l] 42 With the EOS ELAN II/ELAN II E/SO/SOE, EOS REBEL G/SOON, EOS IX, EOS IX Lite/IX?, EOS REBEL 2000/300, and REBEL XS N/ REBEL G 11/ EOS 3000N/66, the flash ratio cannot be set with multiple Speedlites. [l] · The flash ratio range of8:1 -1:1 -1:8 is equivalent to 3:1 -1:1 -1:3 in stops (1/2-stop increments). · The flash ratio under the · mark is shown in parentheses below the scale. --------------8:1 · 4:1 · 2:1 · 1:1 · 1:2 · 1:4 · 1:8 (5. 6:1) (2. 8:1) (1. 4:1) (1:1. 4) (1:2. 8) (1:5. 6) Wireless Flash with Three Slave Groups Indoors 12m (39. 4ft. ) You can have slave groups A and B and also add slave group C. You can use slave groups A and B to obtain the standard flash exposure of the subject, and slave group C to illuminate the background to eliminate shadows. 1 Set the slave units. . . See "Setting the Slave Units" on page 41 to set the slave unit's 10 to < A >, <8>, or <C> . · For slave <C>, also set the flash exposure compensation as necessary. 43 Set the master unit and shoot. ~" Follow "Setting the Master Unit and Shooting" on page 42. A: B> is set, the slave unit in slave group < C> will not fire. · If you point the slave unit in slave group < C> toward the subject, the subject will be overexposed. Modeling Flash If the camera has a depth-of-field preview button, pressing it will fire the flash continuously for 1 sec. It enables you to see the shadow effects on the subject and the lighting balance. You can fire the modeling flash for both wireless and normal flash shooting. U Do not fire the modeling flash more than 10 consecutive times. [. . . ] La presente garantie ne couvre que Iesvices de matllriaux at de fabrication surveous dans Ie cadre d"U08 utilisation normaIe de l'&qulpement. 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