Flash exposure confirmation – Canon 220EX User Manual

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Fully Automatic Flash Operation

Flash Exposure Confirmation

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Even in daylight, you can use the flash as fill light to reduce harsh

shadows or dark, backlit portrait subjects by filling the shadows with

the flash.

Taken with

Taken without fill flash.

The flash exposure confirmation

lamp lights for 2 sec. after the

flash fires if optimum flash expo

sure has been obtained. If the

flash

exposure

confirmation

lamp fails to light after the flash

fires, the picture may have been

underexposed. Move closer to

the subject and try again.

When the Speedlite 220EX is used with a camera that is set to fully-auto-

matic flash operation, the fill flash output may be reduced automatically

to balance the exposure between the subject and the background. This is

called autoflash output reduction.