High-speed sync (fp flash), Off), Focus the subject – Canon 550EX User Manual

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1. High-Speed Sync (FP Flash)

When you set the synchronization mode to high-speed sync (FP flash), the
camera can synchronize with the 550EX at all shutter speeds. When high
speed sync has been set, is displayed in the viewfinder.

• High-speed sync can be used in the E-TTL and M flash modes-

• High-speed sync is especially effective for fill-flash portraits in daylight since you can:

(1) Obtain better background blur with a larger aperture.

(2) Create a catchlight in the subject’s eyes
(3) Soften shadows on the subject’s face

■4 Select the camera's picture-taking

* mode and the Speedlite's flash

mode.

• If you want to use a large aperture (smaller f-

number), set the

mode

Press the < + > and <-> buttons

simultaneously to select 09 on the

LCD panel.

• Each time you press the <

-I-

> and < — >

buttons simultaneously, the setting changes
in the following loop.

I---------------------►«»------------ 1

Focus the subject.

-(Off)^

0.5 0.7 1 1.5 2

3 4

Check that the subject is within the

^ flash range displayed on the 550EX’s

LCD panel.