For type-b cameras, Wireless flash photography – Canon 550EX User Manual

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For Type-B Cameras

Wireless Flash Photography

This section covers wireless flash photography with the 550EX. It explains the

550EX's built-in master and slave flash features. A wireless flash system with

multiple Speedlite 550EXs can be used as easily as a single, on-camera
Speedlite 550EX,

With Type-B cameras, the 550EX offers the following wireless flash features:

[1] Wireless System Setup and Testing (page 100)

[2] Wireless Manual Flash (page 107)
[3] Wireless Stroboscopic Flash (page 109)
[4] Independent Settings With a Slave Unit (page 110)

This section assumes that the Speedlite 550EX is used with the EOS-1 N.

Before proceeding, first turn on the main switch on the EOS-1 N and 550EX.

In these Instructions, a Speedlite 550EX whose wireless selector has been set to

< MASTER

> is called the ‘ master unit” and a 550EX whose wireless selector has been

set to <

SLAVE

> is called a “slave unit."

For EOS-1 N operations, refer to the EOS-1 N Instructions