Canon Optura Pi Instruction Manual

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Using the FullRange of Features48EFor SLR-style flash photography, attach aCanon Speedlite 220EX, 380EX or 550EX tothe camcorder’s accessory shoe.Attach/remove the Speedlite 380EX and550EX with their locking collars as in theillustration. Attach/remove the Speedlite220EX with its hot shoe lock release.Set the camera to record pause mode. Turnon the Speedlite using its main switch, andwait for it to charge. When you press thePHOTO button halfway down, the camerasets the autofocus and the exposure is locked.Pressing the PHOTO button fully downreleases a pre-exposure flash that sets the flash intensity, exposure and whitebalance. The main flash is then sent out.• In dark recording situations during autofocus, a supplementary light beam issent out by the Speedlite for approx. eight seconds to illuminate the subjectwhile you hold the camera’s PHOTO button halfway down.Flash ChargingWhile the Speedlite is charging, a white S flashes in the display.When the Speedlite is fully charged a green S 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 PHOTO button halfway down.• S disappears from the display while the camera records the still picture.• If the S mark does not appear in the display when you turn the Speedlite on,make sure that the Speedlite unit is slid fully onto the accessory shoe.• For full details of how to use the Speedlite, refer to its instruction manual.• Set the shutter speed (in the camera menu) to any speed between 1/60 and1/2000.• You cannot use the Speedlite with the exposure lock (S goes out if you press theEXP button. It reappears when you turn the lock off, by pressing the EXPbutton again.)• Turn the Speedlite unit off when you do not require a flash.• You are unable to use the bounce flash on the 380EX and 550EX Speedliteswith the OPTURA Pi.• You cannot use the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 for the 550EX.• You cannot use the 550EX’s multiple speedlite control.Using a Canon Speedlite for Flash Photography (optional)#3_OPTURA Pi_E(34-78) 1/25/00 13:42 Page 48 (1,1)