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Summary of Contents for Speedlite 420 EZ

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Page 2: ...4 OEZ www orphancameras com...

Page 3: ...ill in flash without troublesome operations Advancedtechniques such as bounceand slow sync flash photography canbe usedintheautomatic mode Inaddi tion the large easy to read LCD display enables youto...

Page 4: ...ReadyLamp ManualFlashSet Button Flash Head Infrared LightEmitter TTLButton LightButton oom Button BatteryChamber DirectlyCoupledContact AF Auxiliary LightEmitter 3 SyncPosition Button MainSwitch www...

Page 5: ...TTL p 14 2 Shutter priority AE Mode A TTL p 16 3 Aperture priority AE Mode A TTL p 1B 4 ManualModeI TLI P 20 5 ManualFlashExposure P 22 6 Stroboscopic Flash p 25 7 BounceFlashPhotography p 27 B Second...

Page 6: ...tely down andslide it backto close 6 Notes oWhenthebatteries becomeexhausted replace allfourat thesametimewiththesamebrand Remove thebatteries ifyoudo notexpectto use theflashunitfor aboutthreeweeksor...

Page 7: ...2 Mountingthe Flash 1 Loosenthe locknut and slidethe flash unitintothe camera saccessory shoe To ensure correct electricalcontact makesureit is pushedin allthe wav 2 Tighten the locknut...

Page 8: ...h the Technical BackE and set the modeto the in tervaltimer or self timer The flash charge startsautomaticallv one minutebeforeshutter release 8 TurnthemainswitchOFF O mark when flashphotography is fi...

Page 9: ...ible with anyotherSLRsystem Whencharged thecolorof the readylamp changes as follows 1 Yellow green Indicatesthe unit in rapid fireflash status butfiresforcorrectex posure 2 Red Indicates the unitis fu...

Page 10: ...position settingol 24 28 35 50 70 or BOmm and A Zoom appearsinthe display panel ATTL 1T ffird lil _li Jmm To change the flash head position manually pressthezoombuttonuntilthe desiredsettingappears t...

Page 11: ...Light In dark settingsdifficultfor autofocusing theAF auxiliary lightautomatically emitsto helo the camera focus The effective distancerange is approximately 0 9 Bm 3 26 2 ft lf thesubjectistoofar awa...

Page 12: ...conditions rang ing from total darknessto supplemental daytimelighting by following thesesteps 1 Slidethe lens focus mode switch to AF Setthecamera s mainswitch tothe Full Auto position green 9 mark t...

Page 13: ...ously litwhenpressed again When shooting in daylight fill in flash theminimum aperture ofthelensinuse may blink The background will be overexposed butthe mainsubjectcor rect seep 15 The camera shake w...

Page 14: ...he backgroundin ambientlightto prevent unnatural effects The settingfor each shootingmode is slightlydifferentso please read the following carefully o The camera shake warningdoes not soundwhentheflas...

Page 15: ...steadily when pressed agaln 2 In fill in flash the aperturevaluemay startblinking thecameraiswarning that A TTL is impossible andthe background will be overexposed The main subject however will be cor...

Page 16: ...nd 1 125sec with the EOS 650 The apertureis set automaticallv TurnthemainswitchON andmakesure the readylamplightsup The shutterspeedwill be set to the fastest possibleX syncspeed 11250 sec with the EO...

Page 17: ...ingthatA TTLis impossible andthebackground willbe underexposed The mainsub ject however will be exposedcor rectlybecausenormalTTL seep 20 functions instead of A TTL o The maximumaperturevaluemay stopb...

Page 18: ...d is set automatically between30 and 11250 sec with the EOS 620 and between 30 and 11125 secwiththe EOS650 The automatically set shutterspeedwill be comparatively slow in the dark The camera shake war...

Page 19: ...owever will be exposedcorrectlY becausenormalTTL seep 20 func tionsinsteadof A TTL o A blinking shutterspeedof 30 maY stopwhena largeraperture isset A TTL is possiblebut be caref ul of camera shake 3...

Page 20: ...in subjectwhileA TTLbalancesexposurebe tweenthemainsubject andthebackground for correctexposure on both ffi oManuat Mode ffTll ffi wffi wHF HHBffiffijg ffi q ffi ry TTLrrr n 5il n n 1 M il5 1 Turnthe...

Page 21: ...S620 and 1 125sec withtheEOS650 automatically ifsetat a higher value Press the shutter button halfway to check the automatic flash shooting distance rangein the display panel oTheautomatic shooting di...

Page 22: ...ackground automaticflashexposuremay be affected by thecontrasting background EFjEllliil t t t M 11 JUmm 1 TurnthemainswitchON andmakesure the readylamplightsup 2 Pressthe manualflashset buttonto set t...

Page 23: ...perture values onthecamera Refer to the camera sinstruction booklet Cor rect shootingdistanceappearsin the display panel oThe shutterspeedwill be set to the fastestpossibleX syncspeed 11250 sec with t...

Page 24: ...ing distancedisplaynearlyequals the lens distance scale The shooting distancedisplaychangesac cording totheflashheadposition filmspeed in use and the aperturevalueset on the camera When the shootingdi...

Page 25: ...otoemphasizing the flowing movementof the subject as if it were disassembled as shownin the photo M t Makesure the readylamp color turns red Setthecamerato M Set the desired aperture and X sync shutte...

Page 26: ...bleas a guideline Z 6 o5 HZ for example indicates flashfire approximately fivetimesper second This modeis effective whenthe main subject is highly reflectiveand the background is as dark and distantas...

Page 27: ...iscalledbounce flash Because the lightis reflected a loss of lightvolumeis unavoidable on the other hand thereareno darkshadows anda soft illumination The Speedlite 42OEZ features A TTLor TTL automati...

Page 28: ...emitsthevisible preflash instead of the near infrared light Whentiltedfor bounceflash the flash headautomatically setsto 50mm and the display Thebouncemark t alsoappears in the display panel lt is als...

Page 29: ...a ceiling The bounce surfaceshouldbe white or nearlywhite fairlylargeand highlyreflec tive A colored reflectingsurface may causethe subjectto appeartintedthatcol or The subject color may also be disa...

Page 30: ...c is usedwith a movingsubjectand a slow shutterspeed the lightfrom the flashclearlyilluminates thesubjectfor a sharpimagebutcreatesa trailing imagefromambient lightfor a flow ingeffect To set Pressand...

Page 31: ...use the 42OEZwith any other manufacturers cameras becausethe 42OEZ isespecially designed forusewith CanonEOScameras 5 Use a slave unit for multipleflash photography butmakesureitcanbe us ed with the...

Page 32: ...tf tttr ru trurdr EOS650 whenusing EF 50mm f 1 8 X syncShutterSpeedSettingCharacteristics Flash ExposureLevelControlCharacteristics A TTLProgramCharacteristics ottt 50 F5 5 TTL ProgramCharacteristics...

Page 33: ...EOS620 whenusing EF 50mm f 1 8 A TTL Program Characteristics X syncShutterSpeedSetting Characteristics Flash ExposureLevelControl Characteristics TTL ProgramCharacteristics 33 4a...

Page 34: ...ithnew alkaline or fully charged Ni Cdbatteries Thefigureson the left in each column show flashes for Manual1 1mode andon the rightfor A TTLmode FlashDuration 1 5msecor less X syncShutterSpeed L i I J...

Page 35: ...Light Ultra bright red LED Peak sensitivity 70Onm Projectedat subjectfor AF flashphotography The effective distanceis ap prox 0 9 Bm 3 26 211 Save Energy Function Power automatically turnsoff afterfiv...

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