Canon 580EX Support Question
Canon 580EX Support Question
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Question posted by philipcalderone on April 30th, 2012
I Followed Your Instructions But Manual Is Blurry
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Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 4
... the Speedlite automatically in , high-output flash. For Type-B cameras, see page 53 .
2 You can be used in "External Flash Items:"
The camera instruction manual's chapter on -camera flash, the master unit for flash photography is the same as a built-in the following flash metering modes: 1 .
Thank you are called Type-113 cameras.
It can think of the 580EX as...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 5
... Basic operation 7 2 Usi ng Flash 13 3 Wireless Flash 31 4 Reference 45
Conventions Used in this instruction manual assume that the respWive function remains...same icons found on the camera and Speedlite. 9 The (C?8) 1 (cJ12) icons indicate that both the camera and Speedlite's power switches are indicated by (p."), This instruction manual uses the following alert symbols: u ' The Caution ...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 8
... Oaurtceindicator (84nksfor7 dcsvn)
`~~5Channel
.TO illuminate the LCD panel, press the < ;& > button, .The items actually displayed depend on the current settings . LCD Panel
Manual ilashnufput level Flash BxpDSUfeCampensation amounl FEB Compensation amounl
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manul zoom
~IM~ High-speedsync_ [FPflesh]
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Zoom focal length
Aperture FEB status Stroboscopic (12513 Grunt Stroboscopic flaslt...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 11
...
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Attach it to further secure the
attachment . Then
slip the Speedlite out of the hot shoe . Wireless Selector Settings
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OFF
JSLAVE
MASTER
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The wireless selector is for switching between normal flash shooting and wireless flash shooting. Attaching to < flFF> .
s Slip the Speedlite's mounting foot all the way into the...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 12
Turn on the Power Switch
Set the power switch td
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 14
... IIIE-TTL autaflash . Aperture Setting
Automatic
Automatic Manual Manual
12 Standard exposure of the
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m ain subject is obtainn:d with the flash, while a standard exposure of tfie
background is.... Flash Sync Speeds and Apertures Use
Shutter Speed Setting
Automatic [11a0 Se[:. - anually
The camera will Then automatically set [he aperture display
stops blinking .
Using E-TTL II and...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 22
... panel . LCD panel will blink, but the Speedlite will work normally.
11 The flash coverage will not work . The zoom
feature will not work again when you use bounce flash with the wlde panel in wide panel, the flash coverage can be set automatically or manually. The flash coverage can tae set to match the lens...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 24
... shutter button halfway to obtain a correct flash exposure .
zoom 5"m~ Press the ¢MODE> button so that
!1 i
~ is displayed .
'
0 . 5 07 1 i.5 2 3 4 6 9 13 1,
2 Set the flash output .
c, Press the ~`~a button . Use a hand-held flash meter to determine the required flash output to see the
-
M Manual Flash
You can set the flash output, then press the c(~> b.
effective...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 28
ETTL Zoo
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Press the sfNI cef> button so that
The flash fires right before the shutter closes. M/Second-Curtain Sync
With a slow shutter speed, you can create a light trail following the subject .
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 33
Wireless Flash
About Wireless Flash 32 Fully Automatic Wireless Flash 34 Flash Ratio with E-TTL II 38 Wireless Manual Flash with Varied Flash Output 42 Setting Manual Flash and Stroboscopic Flash with the Slave Unit 43
31
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 34
...manual flash, and stroboscopic flash settings set with Type-A cameras prior to the slave units . The basic wireless set as the slave unit .
32 Note that with the master unit will be enabled (p.34) . Hereinafter, the "master unit" will refer to a 580Ex... using normal E-7TL II autoflash .
About Wireless Flash
With multiple Canon Speedlites having the wireless flash feature, you can ...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 39
... < f 7 icon will also tie automatically set in the slave units.
" Flash exposure compensation " High-speed sync [FP flash] " FE lock
" FHB " Manual flash " Stroboscopic flash
Lyl Wifh FC lack. i ~Q loom 21
Set the channel No .
~ Turn the ~.O> dial to prevent signal confusion . Wireless flash with the following settings can change the channel No . IETTL
DZoom 2'irnm ~Ii1C...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 43
... . I# you have the slave Ib set to avoid overheating and deteriorating the flash head. select Speedlite toward the subject, the subject will 4e controlled as if they were one 5peedlite in slave group A .
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41 This is the modeling flash.
The modeling flash cannot 6e fired with the Ed5 300iREBEL 2400 and Type-8 cameras (P .2) . Set...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 44
... slave IDs will blink . z`II , ~ _ -rte 1~~
J
G9 zoom,2%m ~an.z .7=~,
Select the flash ratio .
~: Turn the dial to select or ~A= B : Cam, then press the cJa button- A- Wireless Manual Flash with the master unit .
Set the flash output . The slave ID c C a will blink .
All settings are done with Varied Flash Output m
With manual flash and multiple Speedlites, you can set the...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 45
... w Press the button again and
will blink.
Setting Manual Flash and Stroboscopic Flash with the Slave Unit m
Manual flash or stro4oscopic flash can be set manually with the slave unitDo this in the following eases: (7) When you want to set the flash output with the slave units individually for
wireless or manual flash, as with studio clash units. {2} When you use...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 48
If pan also use size-AA lithium batteries40 Speedlite 580E7[ {Slave unit} (5; Speedlite 420E7( (Slave unit) Mini stand {included with 580E}U420EX) 7] Off-Camera Shoe Cord 2 Enables the 580 EX to 60 c m12 ft away. Speedlite Bracket 58-E1
46 580EX System
c2:
L7 Speedlite ssoEx (.O/nM-acs amteerra unit) L) 5peedlite Transmitter ST E2
Dedicated transmitter for...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 49
... the flash fires, the color temperature information is shown below. Reverting to autofocus. About the AF-Assist Beam
Under law-light or law-contrast conditions, the built-in the "Major Specifications' of your EpS camera has the CLEAR > button, you can press it eaasier to 580E Default Settings
If your camera's instruction manual .
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 52
... coverage set automa[ically for lens snca! i Green pilot lamp Ii g hts
- length and image size] " Manual zoom " Flash head swing (bounce Flash) Normal flash : 1 .2 ms or shorterQuick flash : 2 .3 ms or shorter
Flash color )omperature information Transmitted to 3 sec . Wireless Flash Transmission method : Channels Wireless options:
Optical pulse 4
OFF Master, and Slave
50 B EDS camaras...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 55
...with the 580EX set to autoflash, will be displayed on the Speedlite's LCa panel . {With a Type-A camera, will be displayed .}
Features Available with All Type-13 Cameras
Configuration
Available Features TTL autofiash Flash exposure compensation
On-camera shooting
FEB Manual flash
Stroboscopic flash
Wireless flash
Second-curtain sync Manual flash Strnboscopic flash
Features not Available...
Speedlite 580EX Manual - Page 56
...the interference-casing equipment standard entitled "Digital Apparatus', ICES-003 of
the following measures: " Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna" Increase the separation between thQ...pursuant to radio communications. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the instructions, may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this equipment does cause harmful interference to ...
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