Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The Canon Speed lite 580EX is an ES-dedicated, high-output flash unit automatically compatible with E-TEL L E-TEL and 111 flashbulb. It cane used in three different ways: As a normal on-camera flash, the master unit for a wireless, mull-Speedlite flash system, or a slave unit. ® Fed this instruction manual while also referring to your camera's instruction manual.
Contents 1 Getting Slatted and Basel 1 2 Using tenement nirvana 1D 3 Wireless Flash e 4 Heretofore i assassinate naan Conventions Used in this Manual 8 The < (00> symbol in the text refers to the Select Dial. ® The <> symbol in the text refers to the Select/Set button, & The operation procedures in this instruction manual assume that both the camera and Spindle's power switches are ON. ® cons are used in the text fo indicate the respective buttons, dials, and selling.
Getting Started and Basic Operation installing Batteries Attaching to the Camera Turn on the Power Witch Fully Automatic Flash Shooting Using E-TEL Il and E-TEL Ayatollahs in the Shooting Modes u To avoid overheating and decelerating the flash head, do nol Brie rapid bursts of more than 20 continuous flashes After 20 continuous flashes, allow a rest time of at least 10 min,
Installing Batteries stall four size-AA batteries. % Open the cover. % Slide the gallery compartment cover as shown by the arrow and open it : E Install the batteries. e Make sure the + and battery contacts are correctly oriented as shown in the battery compartment. % Close the cover, ® Close the battery compartment cover and slide i as shown by the arrow Heckling Time and Flash Count (with size-44 alkaline batteries) Grooving Time (Apropos ) e e Flash Count {Approx.
Attaching to the Camera Loosen the locking ring. ® Turn the looking ring as shown Dy the arrow to loosen it Attach it o the camera. 8 Sip the Speediness's mounting foot all the way into the hol shoe. 3 Tighten. & Tums the locking ring as shown by the arrow. The locking pin will protrude Tom the mounting goat fo further secure the attachment.
Turn on the Power Switch Set the power switch 1o . B The flash will start recycling. Check halt the flash is ready. i ! ® The pilot lamp will first turn green (ready for quick flash), then red (fully recycled or flash ready). ® To fire a test flash, press the pilot lamp, About Quick Flash Quick flash enables a fish to be fired before flash-ready, when the pilot lamp is still green. Although the Guide No. will that of the full output.
Fully Automatic Flash Shooting When you set the camera’s shooting mode 1o
(Program AE or =[5 {Full Auto), E-TEL IF E-TTL fly autocratic flash will make it as easy as normal AE shooting. Set the Speed lite to KETTLE. 4% Press the «MODE> button so that KETTLE s displayed. Press the haulier button hallway 10 focus, The shutter speed and aperture will be set as displayed in the viewfinder B Hatcheck coalitionist viewfinder Take the picture.
Using Flash Flash Exposure Compensation %, FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing) FEL FE Lock B High-Speed Sync (FP Flash) Bounce Flash ZOOM Setting the Flash Coverage and Smug the Wide Panel M Manual Flash Muir! Stroboscope Flash {# Second-Curtain Sync C Fn Setting Custom Functions..
4 Flash Exposure Compensation You can adjust the flash output as easily as normal exposure compensation. Flash exposure compensation can be setup to + 3 stops in increments. (If the camera sables only increments, then only increments can be set | Press the <= button so that the <@ > con and flash exposure compensation amount blink, :E Set the flash exposure compensation amount. ® Turn the <5 dial to sel the amount. e To cancel flash exposure compensation, set the amount to 40, Press the button.
%, FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing) You can take three flash shots while automatically changing the Hash output for each shot up to +3 stops In Increments increments if the camera enables only increments) This is called FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing). . 1 Press the <& > button so that the icon and flash exposure bracketing amount blink, ETHYL Set the flash exposure bracketing amount, & Turn the <> dial o sel the amount. Press the <> bullion. b FEB will be sel.
FEL FE Lock FE {flash exposure) lock enables you 1o lock the correct flash exposure for any part of the picture. With KETTLE displayed on the LCD panel, you press the camera’s button i the camera does not have the button, press the <% button. @% Focus the subject. E Press the < 1 > button, (a5) & Aim the viewfinder center over the sublet and press the
@B High-Speed Sync (FP Flash) With high-speed sync, you can use flash with all shuffler speeds. This is convenient when you want to use aperture priority for fill-flash portraits. Press the <5u/Ip > button so that <> is displayed. & Hatcheck illusionists it nth viewfinder, Migraine st BBl @ Stroboscopic flash cannot be set fTT Zoom VOU S81 A SHUNT Peat AL s the same or slower gain the carter's maximum flash syn speed, <3 wil not be dispelled in the viewfinder.
Bounce Flash By pointing the flash head toward a wall or ceiling, the flash will bounce off the surface before Illuminating the subject. This can soften shadows behind the subject for a more natural-looking shot. This is called bounce flash. Set the Bounce Direction Hold down the bunion and turn the flash head. If the flash coverage is sel automatically, the flash coverage will be set (o 50mm. The LCD panel will also display You can also set the flash coverage manually.
Creating a Catch light With the catchment panel, you can create & searchlight In the sublet's eves o add life fo the facial expression. Point the flash head upward by 90° ‘ Pull out the wide panel. B The catch light peel will come out at the same time. 3 Push in the wide panel. &8 Push in only the wide panel ® Follow the same procedure as for bounce Lash.
l ZOOM Setting the Flash Coverage and Using the Wide Panel The lash coverage can be set to mach the lens focal length from 24mm 1o 108mm. The flash coverage can be set automatically or manually Also, with the built-in wide panel, the flash coverage can be expanded to 14mm wide-angle lenses, LETTUCE @ Zoom Pm Press the bunion, ‘ @ Theocritus <> dial 1o change the flash coverage. L L & When the flash coverage is set L e automatically. <@ > is not displayed.
Automatic Selling of Flash Coverage for the Com era's Image Size EOS digital cameras have one of three image sizes. The lens’ effective focal length will differ depending on the camera’s image size. The Spitted automatically recognizes the EOS digital camera’s image size and automatically sets the flash coverage for lens focal lengths from 24mm o 106mm.
fi } M Manual Flash You can set the Lash output from 17128 power 1o 1/1 full power in increments. Rise a hand-held flash meter to determine the required flash output to obtain a correct flash exposure. ‘ zoom 50w Press the button so that displayed. Set the flash output. & Press the button, # Tne flash output display will boink. ® Turn the <0 = dial to settee flash pulp, then press the <& bunion. & Press the shutter button hallway 1o see the effective flash range displayed.
Displaced Flash Output Figures When you change the flash output during shooting, the table below makes it easier 10 see how the sip changes such as 1/2 03=2 12 = 1/2 +0.3 You can see how the stop changes when you increase or decrease the flash output. For example, when you decrease the flash output to 1/2, 1/2 03 or 112 :0.7, and then increase the flash output to more than 1/2, 1/2 +0.3, 1/2 407, and 1/1 will be displayed.
With stroboscopic flash, a rapid series of flashes is fired It can be used 1o capture multiple images of a moving subject in a single photograph for later study. You can set the firing frequency (number of flashes per sec. expressed as Hz). the number of flashes, and the flash pulp. Multi Stroboscopic Flash Fatima Sam Press the button 50 that @ Hie -~ e quinine is displayed. DRI Select the idem to be set. 1 e # Press the scorbutic 1o select the fem : {blinks). o W S Blew Set the desired settling.
“ T avid overheating and deteriorating the Lash head. do ot fire mare than 10 stroboscopic bursts. Then allow the Speed lite 18 rps for at least 19 min fi] = Stroboscopic Hash s most effective with a wobbly reflective sublease against dark background s Using a tripod & remote switch, and external power source is recommended.
[I» Second-Curtain Sync With a slow shutter speed, you can create a light trail following the subject The flash fires right before the shutter closes, Press the > bullion so that = is displayed, 8 Stroboscopic flash cannot be set. LETTUCE Zoom Slam = Melting the shooing mode 1o “bul b’ will make it easier for second-curtain sync, & To return o normal flash, press the < 51/ > bunion so that the <[ » icon wns off & With E-TEL I WE-TTL the fish will fire twice Sven with & slow sync speed.
C. Fn Setting Custom Functions You can customize Speed lite features to suit your preferences. Do it with Custom Functions. Press the < ¢/CFn> bunion for 2 sec. so that <00 > is displayed. Select the Custom Function No. 8 Turn the == dial to sel the Custom Function No. Change the smelting, & Cross the =8 = Hutton & The cleansed settling will blink, w Tun the <@ > dial to select "0 or *17, then press the <@ button. .
CFEn06: Convenient when you want 1o check the depth of yield. (p.41) 1 both the external power source and the Speediness's internal batteries are used to recharge the Hash, both power solaces will be used together. However, If the internal baffler become exhausted. shooting may be disabled. If 1 is set, only the external ‘ power source will be used o recharge the flash and the internal batteries will be spared.
Wireless Flash About Wireless Flash Fully Automatic Wireless Flash .. Flash Ratio with E-TEL 11 Wireless Manual Flash with Varied Flash Output... .
Multi-Spitted, Wireless Lighting Configurations Yogi can create two or three slave groups and set the flash motion for E-TEL I auto flash shooting (p.38 42). Wireless flash with two slave groups (p.38) Bm (26211} 12m [30.
Fully Automatic Wireless Flash This method has all the Speediness fire at the same flash output with E-TEL 1l autopilot controlling the total flash output. et ree £ ol _ WALTER Set the camera-attached 580EX as the master unit. @ Seethe wireless selector to PIASTER = Set the suave 580EX Speediness) as the slave unit{s). ® Elise wireless selector to «spellcheck the communication channel.
Check the lash operation. © Pres the master unis fest trig bullion, # The slave unit will Brie. I the dash does not fire, stadium the slave unit's angle toward the master uni and distance from the maser unit Sef the camera and shoot, & Soothe camera in the same way as with normal flash hosting. condone 18m Chang Bl .
@ = The Speediness's zoom selling will be set automatically to 24mm His possible to change the master unit's zoom settling. However, note that the master unit transmits wireless signals 1o the slave unit(s) with the pref lash. Therefore, the flash coverage must cover the slave unit's position Il vou change the master unit's zoom smelting, be sure 1o fest the wireless operation before shooing.
Using Fully Automatic Wireless Flash Fish exposure compensation and other settings set with the master unit will also be automatically sel in the slave units. Thus, you need not make settings an the slave unities. Wireless flash with the following settings can be done in the same way as with normal fish shooting.
Flash Ratio with E-TEL Hf With one master unit and one or two slave Units off-camera, you can adjust the flash ratio for E-TEL |l auto flash shooting. The example below has two slave units and the master unit disabled from fighting. Set the Slave Unit Multiple slave units can be assigned to different slave groups by setting the slave 1D, Sel the wireless selector o . (p.34) Press the < ZOOM > button so BT Ohio " that <003 > blinks.
= The flash ratio range equivalent 10 301 111 1:3n stops increments) « The flash ratio af the ® is shown in parentheses below the sale 81 s 418 211w 1119 132 (561) (2810 (141 (114 (128 (158 Wireless Flash with Three Slave Groups Thi Indoors . B 1om (30t Boudoirs You can have slave groups A and B and also add slave group © You can use slave groups A and B 1o obtain the standard flash exposure of the subject, and slave group C to illuminate the background 1o eliminate shadows, 1 Set the slave units.
Set the master unit and shook, & See Seethe Master Unit” oh page 38, Inst en 4 select cet the Spirited in stave group < C s will ot fire. « 1 you point the slave group « £ > Spitted toward the subject, e subject will be overextended. Modeling Flash If the camera has a depth-lo field preview button, press it 1o Hire & 1-sec. burst of lashes. This is the modeling flash. You can check the lighting and shadow effects, You can fire the modeling flash for both wireless and normal flash shooting.
Wireless Manual Flash with Varied Flash Output = With manual flash and multiple Speediness, you can set a different flash output for each slave unit (group). All settings are done with the master unit Room DM Press the button so that bunion so that IEEE > blinks. . Select the flash ratio. e Tum the Deselection < AR o then press the <éis bitten. ' @gy Set the flash output.
Setting Manual Flash and Stroboscopic Flash with the Slave Unit » | Manual flash or stroboscopic flash can be set maritally with the slave unit 3 Do this In the following cases: {1} When you want to set the flash output with the slave units individually for wireless or manual flash, as with studio fish units. (2) When you use Speed lite Transmitter 8T-E2 for wireless or manual flash. Manual Flash e + Cross the bunion for 2 sec B Zoom £ Hun » will blink. I % Set the manual flash output (p.
About Color Temperature Information Transmission Wuhan the Hash fires. the color temperature information is transmitted 1o certain specific EOS digital camera. This feature optimizes the flash picture s white balance. When the camera’s color balance is set will work automatically.
Troubleshooting Have a problem? See the table below The Spitted does not detach from the camera. @ The mounting foot's locking pin has not been retracted. e Loosen the locking ring all the way before detaching the Spitted (n.9) The Spitted does not fire. Ty . .vae@ T ev o The batteries are Installed in the wrong orientation. Install the batteries in the correct orientation. (p.8) The Speedster's internal batteries are exhausted, If the flash recycling time is 30 sec. o longer, replace the batteries. (p.
The flash range scale bars blink, o B The flash head has been tilted down by 77, Change the bounce position. {p.18) The periphery or bottom of the picture looks dark. Ll & B When vou sel the flash coverage manually, the setting was a higher number than the lens focal length, resulting in a dark periphery. Set the Hash coverage that s a lower number than the lens focal length or sat it to euro zoom.
Guide No. (G No) (150 100, in immersible) Normal Flash (Full Output) and Quick Flash (G No) Elijah Coverage 105 Normal Flash 18 28 o booger | 4ol By Bay ey ull output} 492 910 984 1B 13781 B4 1739 1903 ah Same manual Lash output Manual Flash (G No) Flash Converge (min] Flash 105 492 4181 | IBIS | 184 | 1739 | dopa o dee [ en i oie seer | Saw A avE 606 .
Using a Type-B Camera It vou use the 5B0EX with a Type-B camera (TTL auto flash camera, note the available features and restrictions below. Her a Type-B camera is used with the 580EX sett flashbulb, < TITTLE will be displaced on the Speedster's LCD panel (With a Type-A caners, KETTLE will be displayed.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject o the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause Undesired operation. Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless otherwise specified in the instructions. If such changes or modifications should be made, you could be required Yo stop operation of the equipment.
The apparatus shall not be exposed 1o dripping or splashing. Batteries shall not be exposed to excessive heal such as sunshine, fre or the like. Dry batteries shall not be subjected fo charging.
Canon This Instructions booklet is dated July 2004, For information on the camera’s compatibility with system accessories marketed after this date, contact your nearest Canon Service Center.
