Canon Speedlite 580EX II Manual

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51The Speedlite is not attached securely to the camera.X Attach the Speedlite’s mounting foot securely to the camera. (p.9 )The flash head has been tilted down by 7°.X Change the bounce position. (p.19)When you set the flash coverage manually, the setting was a highernumber than the lens focal length, resulting in a dark periphery.X Set the flash coverage that is a lower number than the lens focallength or set it to auto zoom. (p.20)If only the bottom of the picture looks dark, you were tooclose to the subject.X If the subject is closer than 2 m/6.6 ft, tilt the flash head downwardby 7° (bounce flash). (p.19)There was a highly reflective object (glass window, etc.) in the picture.X Use FE lock. (p.16)The subject looks very dark or very bright.X Set flash exposure compensation. For a dark subject, set adecreased flash exposure. And for a bright subject, set anincreased flash exposure. (p.14)You used high-speed sync.X With high-speed sync, the effective flash range will be shorter. Makesure the subject is within the effective flash range displayed. (p.17)The shooting mode was set to <W>, and the scene was dark.X Use a tripod or set the shooting mode to <V>. (p.12)Auto zoom does not work.The flash range scale bars blink.The periphery or bottom of the picture looks dark.The flash exposure is underexposed or overexposed.The picture is really blurred.