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Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The Canon Speedlite 320EX is a multi-feature flash unit for Canon EOS cameras. It works automatically with E-TTL II and E-TTL autoflash systems. It can be used as an on-camera flash that attaches to the hot shoe of the camera or as part of a wireless flash system used at a distance from the camera. It is also equipped with an LED light for movie shooting. Read this instruction manual while also referring to your camera’s instruction manual. Before
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Contents 1 Getting Started and Basic Operations................................. 7 Installing the Batteries............................................................................................. 8 Attaching and Detaching the Flash ......................................................................... 9 Turning on the Power Switch ................................................................................ 10 Fully Automatic Flash Shooting.............................................
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Nomenclature Flash head (p.19) LED light (p.23) Wireless sensor (p.35) Remote control transmitter (p.39) Mounting foot (p.9) Locking pin Contacts (p.9) Shoe Mini stand pocket Case 320EX mini stand (p.35) 4
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Bounce angle index (p.21) Wireless communication Firing group channel selection switch selection switch (p.34) (p.34/36) Remote release button (p.38/39) Flash-ready lamp Manual LED light button (p.10) (p.23) Flash head extended lamp (p.19) Battery compartment cover (p.8) Power switch/ Slave function switch LED light switch (p.10/34/39) (p.22/23) : Turns on power : For wireless flash shooting : Turns off power Mounting foot’s lock lever Lock-release button (p.9) (p.9) 5
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Conventions Used in this Manual Icons in this Manual 8: Indicates that the respective function remains active for 16 sec. after you let go of the button. M: If shown on the upper right of the page, it indicates that the function is available only in the Creative Zone modes of the camera. (p.**):Reference page numbers for more information. : Warning to prevent shooting problems. : Supplemental information. Basic Assumptions The operation procedures in this instruction manual assume that both
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1 Getting Started and Basic Operations Installing the Batteries ............................................ 8 Attaching and Detaching the Flash......................... 9 Turning on the Power Switch................................ 10 Fully Automatic Flash Shooting............................. 11 Flash Shooting in Each Camera Mode................. 13 Cautions for firing continuous flashes To avoid overheating and degrading the flash head, do not fire more than 20 flashes continuously. After 2
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Installing the Batteries Install four AA/LR6 batteries. Open the cover. 1 Slide the battery compartment cover as shown by the arrow and open it. Install the batteries. 2 Make sure the + and – battery contacts are correctly oriented as shown in the battery compartment. Close the cover. 3 Close the battery compartment cover and slide it as shown by the arrow. Recycling Time and Flash Count Recycling Time (Approx.) Flash Count (Approx.) 0.1 - 2.3 sec. 180 - 1000 Based on new AA/LR6 alkal
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Attaching and Detaching the Flash Attach the Speedlite. 1 Insert the Speedlite’s mounting foot into the camera’s hot shoe all the way. (The mounting foot will protrude slightly from the hot shoe.) Secure the Speedlite. 2 On the mounting foot, slide the lock lever to the right. When the lock lever clicks in place, it will be locked. Detach the Speedlite. 3 While pressing the lock-release button, slide the lock lever to the left and detach the Speedlite. Before attaching or detaching
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Turning on the Power Switch Set the power switch to . 1 The flash recycling starts. Check that the flash is ready. 2 When the flash-ready lamp blinks and then lights in red, the flash is ready to fire (fully charged). About Quick Flash The flash-ready lamp blinks when Quick Flash is ready even before the flash is fully charged. You can use the flash to take a picture at that time; however, the flash output is only half or one-third of the flash’s full charge. This is useful for taki
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Fully Automatic Flash Shooting Readying the Camera When you set the camera’s shooting mode to (Program AE) or Full Auto, you can shoot in E-TTL II/E-TTL fully automatic flash mode. Cameras with external flash function settings Press the camera button and select [Flash control] or [External Speedlite control]. Select [External flash func. setting] and set [Flash mode] to [E-TTL II]. Cameras without external flash function settings This operation is not required on EOS film cameras
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Taking the Picture Focus the subject. 1 Press the shutter button halfway to focus. The shutter speed and aperture will be set as displayed in the viewfinder. Check that is lit in the viewfinder. Take the picture. 2 When you press the shutter button completely, the flash will fire and the picture will be taken. After taking the picture, check the image on the LCD monitor of the camera. If the light from the flash did not reach the subject, move closer to the subject and take the pic
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Flash Shooting in Each Camera Mode With the flash mode set to E-TTL II/E-TTL autoflash, just set the camera’s shooting mode to (Shutter priority AE), (Aperture priority AE), or (Manual exposure) and you can use E-TTL II/E-TTL autoflash. On EOS digital cameras without the [Flash control] menu function or EOS film cameras, E-TTL II/E-TTL autoflash is set automatically. s: Shutter Priority AE Select this mode when you want to set the shutter speed manually. The camera will then aut
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f: Aperture Priority AE Select this mode when you want to set the aperture manually. The camera will then automatically set the shutter speed matching the aperture to obtain a standard exposure. If the background is dark, such as in a night scene, a slow sync speed will be used to obtain a standard exposure of both the main subject and background. Standard exposure of the main subject is obtained with the flash, while a standard exposure of the background is obtained with a slow shutte
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Z: Depth-of-field AE, Y: Auto Depth-of-field AE The result will be the same as using (Program AE). Flash Sync Speeds and Apertures Used Shutter Speed Aperture Value Full Auto, Set automatically (1/X sec. - 1/60 sec.) Automatic s Set manually (1/X sec. - 30 sec.) Automatic f Set automatically (1/X sec. - 30 sec.) Manual a Set manually (1/X sec. - 30 sec., Bulb) Manual 1/X sec. is the camera’s maximum flash sync speed. Function for Transmitting the Color Temperature Information This fu
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2 Using Flash AFE Lock............................................................ 18 Switching the Flash Coverage.............................. 19 Bounce Flash........................................................ 21 AF-assist Beam .................................................... 22 Movie Shooting Using the LED Light.................... 23 17
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AFE LockN FE (flash exposure) lock locks the correct flash exposure setting for any part of the scene. With the flash mode set to E-TTL II/E-TTL autoflash, press the camera’s button to enable FE lock. On some cameras, press the or <7> button. Focus the subject. 1 Press the button. (8) 2 Aim the center of the viewfinder over the subject and press the button. The Speedlite fires a preflash, and the required flash output is retained in memory. “FEL” will be displayed in the
