Shooting with speedlites, External speedlite control, El/ex series speedlites for eos cameras – Canon EOS-1D X Mark III DSLR Camera (Body Only) User Manual

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Shooting With Speedlites

EL/EX Series Speedlites for EOS Cameras

Canon Speedlites Other Than the EL/EX Series

Non-Canon Flash Units

EL/EX Series Speedlites for EOS Cameras

Features of EL/EX series Speedlites (sold separately) can be used in flash photography with
the camera.
For instructions, refer to the EL/EX series Speedlite's Instruction Manual.

Flash exposure compensation

You can adjust flash output (flash exposure compensation). Press the <

>

button, then turn the <

> dial while looking at the viewfinder or top LCD panel.

FE lock

This enables you to obtain appropriate flash exposure for a specific part of the subject.
Aim the viewfinder center over the subject, press the camera's <

> button, then

compose the shot and take the picture.

Caution

Setting [

:

Auto Lighting Optimizer

] (

) to an option other than [

Disable

] may

still cause images to look bright even if you set lower flash exposure compensation
for darker images.
When using flash in Live View shooting, set [

:

Shutter mode

] to an option other

than [

Electronic

] (

).

No AF-assist beam is fired from external flash units in Live View shooting.
However, when needed, an AF-assist beam is fired from the LED light of EX series
Speedlites equipped with these lights.
The Auto flash feature of Speedlite EL-100 is not supported. The flash always fires,
even when set to <

> mode. Also note that linkage of flash power status with

camera power status is not supported.

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