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Flash Exposure Compensation
Flash exposure compensation adjusts the level of illumination provided by the flash, and is
therefore an important method of creative control for all kinds of flash photography. It’s
particularly effective for fine-tuning the balance between foreground and background
exposure during fill-in flash, but it can also be effective to compensate for extremely
bright or dark tones in the subject. In the case of the DCS 500 Series camera, flash
exposure compensation can also be effective to compensate for exposure errors caused by
unusual reflections from the CCD and glass cover plate during A-TTL or TTL flash
photography.
Your DCS 500 Series camera can perform flash exposure compensation in any exposure
mode with all Canon EOS dedicated Speedlites. The flash exposure compensation amount
can be set with the camera, or with the Speedlite in the specific case of the 540EZ and
430EZ. In either case, flash exposure compensation can be set up to +/- 3 stops in 1/3-stop
increments.
☛ Flash exposure compensation set with the Speedlite remains in effect when Off-
Camera Shoe Cord 2 is used, but not when Canon’s modular off-camera TTL flash
accessories are used. Flash exposure compensation set with the camera is effective
with Canon’s modular off-camera TTL flash accessories.
Setting Flash Exposure Compensation with the Camera
1 Set the Quick Control Dial
switch to (
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