Using an Externally Mounted Flash (Optional) 123Using an Externally MountedFlash (Optional)You can make your flash photography even clearer and more natural appearingwith the use of a separately sold externally mounted flash. The camera’s autoexposure function will operate with a Canon Speedlite 220EX, 380EX, 420EX,550EX or a Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX (p. 125). Other flashes may fire at fullintensity or not fire at all. Please check the manual for your flash.• Certain functions noted in the manuals for the Canon Speedlite 220EX, 380EX,420EX, 550EX and Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX cannot be performed whenmounted on this camera. Please read this guide before using one of these flasheson the camera.1 Attach the flash to the camera’s hotshoe.2 Turn the external flash on and turn thecamera’s main dial to .3 Turn the mode dial to a mode otherthan or .Speedlite 220EX, 380EX, 420EX, 550EX orMacro Ring Lite MR-14EX• The flash will automatically adjust its outputin the , , , , , , , andmodes. The maximum flash synchro shutterspeed is 1/250 second.• The maximum flash synchro shutter speed inthe mode is 1/250 second. Set the apertureto an appropriate value according to the flash’sguide number and the distance to the subject.Check the camera’s ISO sensitivity setting sincethe flash’s guide number will change with theISO value. In mode, the output of anexternally mounted flash can be adjusted withthe flash exposure compensation bar (p. 74).When a Speedlite 550EX or Macro Ring LiteMR-14EX is mounted on the camera, you canadjust the flash output from either the flash orthe camera. To set it from the flash, you areSpeedlite 420EX Mountedon the Hot Shoe
