430EXII
Oct 5, 2014 18:36:23 #
When taking pictures, I found some were too bright. I shoot with the flash in ETTL mode, not Manual. Is the only way you can make the flash less bright is to use Exposure Compensation? I know in Manual you can use 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 etc... powers, but was wondering if you can use that in ETTL mode somehow?
Oct 5, 2014 18:45:07 #
From the Canon website HERE
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/app/pdfs/quickguides/CDLC_Speedlite430EXII_QuickGuide.pdf
Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)
Press the [Select/Set] button. When the FEC symbol
begins blinking use the [+/] buttons to add or subtract flash exposure. You can adjust the exposure over a range of +3 to -3 stops in 0.3-stop increments. Press the [Select/ Set] button to lock-in your choice, at which point the display will stop blinking. (With most EOS bodies, this can also be set on the camera body.
This should work in ettl mode.
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/app/pdfs/quickguides/CDLC_Speedlite430EXII_QuickGuide.pdf
Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)
Press the [Select/Set] button. When the FEC symbol
begins blinking use the [+/] buttons to add or subtract flash exposure. You can adjust the exposure over a range of +3 to -3 stops in 0.3-stop increments. Press the [Select/ Set] button to lock-in your choice, at which point the display will stop blinking. (With most EOS bodies, this can also be set on the camera body.
This should work in ettl mode.
Oct 5, 2014 18:48:08 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
From the Canon website HERE
Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)
Press the [Select/Set] button. When the FEC symbol
begins blinking use the [+/] buttons to add or subtract flash exposure. You can adjust the exposure over a range of +3 to -3 stops in 0.3-stop increments. Press the [Select/ Set] button to lock-in your choice, at which poixmnt the display will stop blinking. (With most EOS bodies, this can also be set on the camera body.
Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)
Press the [Select/Set] button. When the FEC symbol
begins blinking use the [+/] buttons to add or subtract flash exposure. You can adjust the exposure over a range of +3 to -3 stops in 0.3-stop increments. Press the [Select/ Set] button to lock-in your choice, at which poixmnt the display will stop blinking. (With most EOS bodies, this can also be set on the camera body.
OMG! thanks so much! I have read all about this flash, and of course this is the part I didn't retain.
Oct 6, 2014 20:44:03 #
TracyT4i wrote:
When taking pictures, I found some were too bright. I shoot with the flash in ETTL mode, not Manual. Is the only way you can make the flash less bright is to use Exposure Compensation? I know in Manual you can use 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 etc... powers, but was wondering if you can use that in ETTL mode somehow?
Yes in TTL, Exposure Compensation is the way to go. But you could move the flash back a bit too, or put a tissues or some diffuser over it, ND gel, etc. You can set your flash down to 1/2, 1/4 etc as well, even in TTL.
Oct 7, 2014 05:47:46 #
speters wrote:
Yes in TTL, Exposure Compensation is the way to go. But you could move the flash back a bit too, or put a tissues or some diffuser over it, ND gel, etc. You can set your flash down to 1/2, 1/4 etc as well, even in TTL.
How can you set the flash down to 1/2, 1/4 etc. In ETTL? I've watched a video, and they made it look like that was just for manual mode.
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