Changing the flash timing, Shooting with the fe lock – Canon PowerShot G3 X User Manual
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Changing the Flash Timing
Still Images
Movies
Change the timing of the flash and shutter release as follows.
1
Access the setting screen.
z
Press the [
] button, choose [Flash
Control] on the [ 5] tab, and then press
the [ ] button (= 31).
2
Configure the setting.
z
Choose [Shutter Sync.], and then choose
the desired option (= 31).
1st-curtain
The flash fires immediately after the shutter opens.
2nd-curtain
The flash fires immediately before the shutter closes.
Shooting with the FE Lock
Still Images
Movies
Just as with the AE lock (= 79), you can lock the exposure for flash
shots.
1
Raise the flash and set it to [ ]
2
Lock the flash exposure.
z
Aim the camera at the subject to shoot
with the exposure locked. With the
shutter button pressed halfway, press the
[ ] button.
z
The flash fires, and when
[ ] is displayed, the flash output level is
retained.
z
To unlock FE, release the shutter button
and press the [ ] button again. In this
case, [ ] is no longer displayed.
3
Compose the shot and shoot.
z
After one shot, FE is unlocked and [ ] is
no longer displayed.
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FE: Flash Exposure