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Using a Canon Speedlite for Flash Photography
(optional)
For SLR-style flash photography, attach a Canon
Speedlite 420EX or 550EX* to the camera using
the optional FA-200 Flash Adapter. Attach its hot
shoe cube to the XL1S’s accessory shoe, and the
flash cable to the flash adapter terminal.
Use the camera in exactly the same way as you
would normally in photo mode (p. 42). Turn on the
Speedlite using its main switch, and wait for it to
charge. When you press the PHOTO button
halfway down, the camera sets the autofocus and
the zoom is locked. Pressing the PHOTO button
fully down releases a pre-exposure flash that sets
the flash intensity, exposure and white balance.
The main flash is then sent out.
• In dark recording situations, a supplementary
light beam is sent out by the flash for approx.
seven seconds to illuminate the subject, while
you hold the camera’s PHOTO button halfway
down. This supplementary light only operates
during autofocus.
* Speedlite 380EX also can be used.
Flash Charging
While the flash is charging, a white
S
flashes in the viewfinder.
When the flash is fully charged a green
S
lights up constantly in the viewfinder.
• Although it is possible to record a still image while the Speedlite is still charging, the flash will not go off.
In addition, the Speedlite cannot charge while you are holding the PHOTO button halfway down.
•
S
disappears from the display while the camera records the still picture.
• If the
S
mark does not appear in the viewfinder when you turn the flash on, make sure that the flash unit is
slid fully locked on the hot shoe cube.
Notes:
• For full details of how to use the Speedlite, refer to its instruction manual.
• If you use the Speedlite in the shutter-priority (Tv), you can choose any shutter speed between 1/60 and
1/1000 and also CS (Clear Scan) mode.
• In the aperture-priority (Av), you can choose any F number, but an F number of less than f/8 gives the best
results.
• You cannot use the Speedlite with the:
- Manual recording program.
- Exposure Lock. (
S
goes out if you press the EXP. LOCK button. It reappears when you turn the lock
off, by pressing the EXP. LOCK button.)
• Turn the Speedlite unit off when you do not require the flash.
• The Speedlite can not be used with an SA-1 Adapter Bracket.
• You cannot use the bounce flash on the 420EX and 550EX Speedlite with the XL1S.
• You cannot use the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 for the 420EX/550EX
• You cannot use the 420EX/550EX’s multiple speedlite control.
• The FA-200 Flash Adapter contains a special cable. Do not use other cables to attach a flash unit.
• You cannot use a flash with an EF lens nor 14
×
full manual lens attached to the XL1S.