Pre-shooting checks – Canon 577 G User Manual

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PRE-SHOOTING CHECKS

I. Test Firing and Auto Shooting

Check

b) Pilot lamp

c) Auto Check Lamp

Now that all camera, lens and

flash settings have been made,

turn on the power switch on

Transistor Pack G. After the flash

reaches sufficient charge for firing,

the pilot lamp will glow and you

can take a flash picture anytime.

If you wish to check the flash and

whether the shooting distance is

correct, press the pilot lamp after

it glows. A flash should be fired. If

the auto check lamp next to the

pilot lamp lights up right after

wards for about two seconds, it

means that your shooting distance

will give correct exposure. If it
does not glow, either set the aper

ture selection switch to a better

position or move closer to your

subject. This method of checking
shooting distance is especially

helpful when the flash is tilted or

swung for bounce flash (p. 25).

• The auto check lamp tells you

whether you are close enough to
your subject but not whether you

are far enough away. Even if you
are too close to get a well-

exposed picture, it will still glow,
so always keep the shooting

ranges given on the back of the

flash in mind and double check
the lens’ distance scale if you think
you might be too close.

II. Checking Viewfinder Infor

mation

The Canon New F-1, A-1, AE-1

PROGRAM, AL-1, AE-1 and AV-1
have special viewfinder informa

tion for flash photography. You

can check it by pressing the

shutter button halfway after the

pilot lamp glows.

New F-1 Information
(1) Full Autoflash Mode; Shutter-

Priority AE Mode (with AE Motor

Drive FN or AE Power Winder
FN attached, FD lens on “A”

and shutter dial not on “B”).

(example)

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