Canon Optura Instruction Manual

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45E Using the FullRange of FeaturesUsing a Canon Speedlite for Flash Photography (optional)For SLR-style flash photography, use aCanon Speedlite 220EX or 380EXwith the camera. Use the camera inexactly the same way as you wouldnormally in photo mode (p. 31). Turnon the Speedlite using its main switch,and wait for it to charge. When youpress the start/stop button halfwaydown, the camera sets the autofocusand the zoom is locked. Pressing the start/stop button fully down releases a pre-exposure flash burst that sets the flash intensity, exposure and white balance.The main flash is then sent out.Flash ChargingWhile the flash is charging, a white flashes in the display.When the flash is fully charged a green lights up constantly in the display.• Although it is possible to record a still image while the Speedlite is stillcharging, the flash will not go off. In addition, the Speedlite cannot chargewhile you are holding the start/stop button halfway down.• disappears from the display while the camera records the still picture.Notes:• For full details of how to use the Speedlite, refer to its instruction manual.• If you use the Speedlite in the shutter-priority (Tv) recording program, you canchoose any shutter speed between 1/60 and 1/1000, but a shutter speed of1/100 gives the best results.• In the aperture-priority (Av) recording program, you can choose any F number,but an F number of less than F4 gives the best results.• You cannot use the Speedlite with the:- Negative-Positive Conversion program.- FlexiZone AF. (When the is displayed the FlexiZone frame returns to thecenter of the display).- Exposure Lock. ( goes out if you press the EXP wheel. It reappears whenyou turn the lock off, by pressing the EXP wheel once more).• Turn the Speedlite unit off when you do not require the flash.• The Speedlite should be connected directly to the OPTURA’s accessory shoe: itcan not be used with the SA-1 Adapter Bracket (optional).• The 380EX Speedlite’s internal automatic zoom is set to 28mm when attachedto OPTURA. The guide number is set to 21.• You are unable to use the Speedlite 380EX’s bounce flash with OPTURA.