Stroboscopic flash – Canon 550EX User Manual

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6. Stroboscopic Flash

With stroboscopic flash, a rapid series of fiashes is fired. It can be used to

record multiple images of a moving subject in a single photograph for later

study.
You can set the firing frequency (the number of flashes per sec. expressed as

Hz) from 1 Hz to 199 Hz. The firing frequency can be set in 1-Hz increments

from 1 Hz to 20 Hz, in 5-Hz increments from 25 Hz to 50 Hz, and in 10-Hz

increments from 60 Hz to 199 Hz.

• Stroboscopic flash cannot be used with the EOS 750 and EOS 850 cameras

Up to 100 flashes can be fired

continuousiy. This maximum varies
depending on the flash output and firing
frequency. See “Maximum Continuous

Flashes” on page 122.

Setting the Firing Frequency, Flash Count, and

Flash Output

Press the

button and

select

ulti

• Pressing the button changes the

flash mode in the following loop:

TTL-

► M-

• M

ulti