Canon 550EX - Speedlite - Hot-shoe clip-on Flash Instructions d'installation

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Cameras

WirelessFlashPhotography

This

sectioncovers

wirelessflash

photography

with

the550EX.

explainsthe

550EX'sbuilt-in

master

andslave

flashfeatures.

550EX

Wireless

FlashFeatures

. A wirelessflash

system

withmultiple

Speedlite550EXscanbeusedas

easilyasasrngle,on-cameraSpeedlite550EX.

. Uptothree

550EXs

three

groups

550EXs

canbesetasslaveunits

for

automaticcontrol.

. 550EXssetasslaveunitscanbe

positioned

toobtainthedesired

lighting

effects.

All

oftheirsettingsarecontrolledbythe

master

unitandcamera.

[1]

Wireless

SystemSetupand

Testing

(page

52)

[2]

WirelessE-TTLAutoflash

(page

60)

[3]

WirelessManualFlash

(page

71)

[4]

Wireless

Stroboscopic

Flash

(page

73)

[5]

Manual

orStroboscopic

Flash

With

aSlaveUnit

(page74)

l-_+l

. This

section

assumesthat

theSpeedlite

550EXisusedwith

the

EOS-3.

lJl . Before

proceeding,

first

turn

onthe

main

switchonthe

EOS-3

and550EX

. In

these

Instructions,

a Speedlite550EX

whosewireless

selector

has

beensetto

MASTER

calledthe

"master

unit"anda 550EX

whose

wireless

selector

hasbeen

setto SLAVE

calleda"slave

unit

. ForEOS-3

operations,

refer

tothe

EOS-3Instructions

. With

the

EOSElan

ll-llE/50'50E,

EOS

Rebel

G/500N,

EOSlX,

and

EOSlXLite/|X7,

onlyoneslave

group

canbeused

forwirelessE-TTL

autoflashcontrol

. Quick

flash

cannotbeused

withwirelessflash

photography

tl] Wireless

SystemSetupand

Testing

Thewireless

flash

systemcanbe

setup

oneoftwo

ways:

@With

a550EX

setas

the

master

unitandoneor more

550EXssetasslave

units

.@ With

Speedlite

Transmitter

ST-E2

(sold

separately)

usedasthe

master

unitand

oneor

550EXs

set

slaveunits.

This

section

describesthe

procedure

for

the

former.For

the

latter,refer

the

Instructionsfor

Speedlite

Transmitter

ST-E2.

Settingthe550EXasthe

Master

Unit

/31

@'l'SLAVE

MASTER

Attach

the550EXtothecameraand

set

the

wireless

selectorto MASTER.

This

550EX

will

then

bethe

"master

unit."

The

master

unit's

wireless

signal is

transmitted

totheslaveunit(s)atalmost

the

sametimeasthe

preflash.

f_=l The

master

unit's

flashheadzoom

setting

setautomaticallyto M ?Ymm.

This

gives

the

4l wireless

signal

the

maximum

coverageof80'.You

canalso

press

the Zoom buttonto

changethe

zoom

setting

manually.However,

this

willnarrow

the

wireless

signal's

coverage.

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Setting

the

550EX

asa

Slave

Unit

@'l'SLAVE

MASTER

Setthewireless

seiector

to SLAVEon

the550EX

tobeusedasa slaveunit.

550EX

setinthis

wayiscalleda "slave

unit."

. Theslave

unit's

flash

headzoom

setting

is set

automatically

to EfPY".

3.Setting

the

Master/SlaveChannel

Topreventyour

master

unit

from

firing

another

photographer's

slaveunits,

four

channels

are

provided

to differentiate

your

slaveunits

from

unrelated

ones.

Themaster

unit

andslave

unit(s)

inthesame

wireless

flashsystem

must

beset

tothe

samechannel

No.

1 To

set

the

master

unit's

channel

No.,

' press

the

SEL/SET

> button

and

select

EIII .

. Pressingthe

SEL/SET

> button

changes

the

selection

the

following

loop:

f> @+ % + rEEIrr.r

+ EIt -> >-r

-l

(off

)

Pressthe

<+> or

the

channel

No.

(1,2,3,

4).

Press

the

SEL/SET

>button.

. The IIt icon and channel No. will be

displayed.

A Toset

theslave

unit's

channel

No.,

-? press

the<

SEL

/SET

> buttonand

*_ select

EIt.

3- . Pressing

the

SEL/SET

> buttonchanges

theselection

the

followingloop:

-+@--+ Iellr-* rsrtn:r

, - I:lr.I -- GEIirEl

(off) +

ETTL El

zoom PY.t

-r lz-

/A MODE + SEL/SET

v@o:o@

prLor -in.D- l_, I

MODE /sET ZOOM

5-ln.DD)- Jo^ | rsE

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Setting

the

Master/Slave

Channel

',vj

Press

the

<+> or<-> button

setthe

samechannel

No.

,2,

the

master

unit's.

Press

the

SEL/SET

>button.

. The EM icon

andchannel

No.will

displayed.

ETTL Ef

zoom ?Ytt

z3i-ffiA

-,ar..-

/n\ MODE + SEL/SET ZOOil

v@oD@@

ptLOT '!n'D- l. I rSE

+t€e*t!il9- the slavg 1D''.,,.*

* ::i,ii:ii::iiii,i,,,,,

Withmultiple

slaveunits,a slave

lDcan

beassignedto distinguisha slave

unit

beingthe

mainflash

fillflash.Aflashratio

cantherebybeset.

Three

slave

lDs

are

available:

A,B,

andC.

ETTL El

zoom

f Yrt

\\ | /. 1 Toseta slaveunit'sslave

lD,

press

' the

SEL

/SET

> buttonandselect

tfliva.

' Pressing

the<

SEL/SET

> buttonchanges

theselection

the

followingloop:

.r Press

the

<+> or

Z theslave

(A,

orC).

tt Press

the

SEL/SET

>button.

J. The GruNEr

icon

andslave

lD will

displayed.

t=l lf

you

want

all

theslaveunitsto

fire

atthesame

flash

output,

you

neednot

assignaslave

l{J ID.

="-

lat

-aF .

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Master

Flash

ON/OFF

The

master

unit'sflashfiring

canbe

enabled

(ON)

disabled

(OFF).

(1)

)'r (t-, 0

") . This

setting

enables

the

master

unitto

fire

flash.

: Iil:

::llil8

j,?3Jl'?ily,il:i:'fi:3),;,,,

unit,ss,ave

(2)

-r (t-. fr FF): This

setting

(Masterflash

OFF)

preventsthe

master

unit

fromfiring

aflash.

can

stilltransmitwireless

signals

triggerthe

slave

units.

4 Press

the

SEL/SET> button

and

I select

)'r.

' Pressing

the

SEL/SET

> button

changes

theselectionin

thefollowingloop:

@+%+GErtEl,*l-*'=_l

Press

the

<+> or

either

[] FF.

Press

the

SEL/SET>

button.

. )-r or -r will

appear.

. lfmaster

flash

OFF

set,

<z- will

blink.

E't-

Evenifmaster

flash

OFF

isset,thema3ter

unit

still

the

slave

units. -

,"t'F\ transmits

the

wireless

signal

tofire

WirelessFlashRange

After

the

master

andslaveunits

have

beenset,

position

them

within

the

wirelessflashrange

shownbelow.

Usethe

mini

stand

(provided)

for

theslaveunit(s).

Themini

standalso

has

atripodsocket.

Usethebounce

feature

toturnthebodyoftheslaveunitsothatthesensor

isexposedtothe

master

unit.

For

indoor

setup,the

positioning

canbe

less

precise

sincethe

wireless

signalscanbounceoff

the

walls

After

positioning

the

master

andslaveuni$), fire

a test

flash

to make

sure

the

wireless

flash

system

works. *.t'

Donot

place

anyobjectsbetweenthe master

unitandslaveunit(s)

whichmay

obstruct

the

wireless

transmission.

ETTL El

zoom l{tt

.}nt!@

1 Setthe

master

unit's

flashmode

. ETTL.

rt Setthecameraasdesired

forflash

Z pnotography.

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Wireless

FlashRange

A Check

thatthe

master

unit's

pilot

\' lampislit

and

thatthe

slaveunit(s)

are

recharged

and

ready.

. When

a slave

unit

isready,

itsAF-assist

beamblinks

once

per

second.

A Press

the

master

unit's

pilot

lamp

'i (test

firing

button)

fire

aiest

flash.

. When

the

wirelesstransmission

works,

the

slave

units

fire

at1/64

output

the

following

slave

order:

A,B,

andC.

. lf

a slaveunit

does

notfire,

place

closerto

the

masterunitorangle

thesensor

towardthe

master

unitandtry

again.

awirelessflashsystem,the

flashmode

(E-TTL

autoflash,

high-speedsync,

manual

flash,

stroboscopic

flash),

flash

exposurecompensation,

flashexposurebracketing,

andother

settingsareallset

with

the

masterunit.

Themasterunittransmits

allthese

settings

the

slaveunitsby

wireless

signals.

Controllingslave

unit(s)

the

sameas

controllingone

on-cameraSpeedlite.

Withthe

EOS-3,

a modeling

flash

canbe

fired

tocheckthe

lighting

effects

(lighting

balance;

shadows,

etc.)before

you

take

the

picture.

See

page

50.

Make

sure

theslaveunitsare

within

theeffective

range

ofthe

master

unit.

After

the

picture

istaken,the

slaveunit'soperation

result

isdisplayedontheLCD

panel.

Withtheslaveunit's

main

switchs€tto SE(Save

Energy),theslaveunit

turnsoff

automatically

ifitisleft

unusedJt#bver

60minutes*.

While

theslave

unit

offdueto

this

mode,

displaiedon

theLCD

panel.

Withint hour"*

after

theslaveunit

turns

off

theSE

mode,

the

Slave

unitcanbeturned

onagainby

pressing

the

master

unit's

test

firing

button.

the

manualflash

modehas

been

setand

you

press

the

master

unit's

pilot

lamp,

all

theslave

units

willfire

atest

flash

simultaneously

atthe

manually-set

flash

output.

After

pressing

theshutterbutton

halfway,

test

firing

cannot

beexecuted

duringthe

first

6sec.

!f| . Custom

Function

CF-4can

changethis

10minutes.

See

page

113.

** Custom

FunctionCF-5canchange

thisto8hours.

See

page

113. 59

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