Fe lock – Canon EOS 7 User Manual

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Flash Photography with an EX-Series Speedlite

* FE Lock

FE (flash exposure) lock obtains and locks the correct flash exposure
reading for any part of the scene.

• FE lock works in Creative Zone modes.

FEL

Check that the 420EX’s pilot lamp

is lit.

• The flash mode can be either normal

or high-speed sync. FE lock works

with either mode.

Focus the subject.

• Focus at the point where you want to

lock the flash exposure.

Aim the center focusing point

where you want to lock the flash

exposure, then press the <*>

button. ((2)16)

> The < * > icon lights in the

viewfinder.

•• The Speedlite fires a preflash and

stores and locks the flash exposure

reading in memory.

■■ In the viewfinder, the focusing point

achieving FE lock flashes in red.

•• Below the viewfinder, the display

shown in (1) appears for 0.5 sec.
followed by the display shown by (2).

• Each time you press the < * >

button, a preflash fires and the flash

exposure reading is locked.