DEvianT's Review of Canon 550EX E-TTL Flash Gun
12th Dec 2003
Overall Rating
- Value for money
Evaluative TTL metering
Rapid recycle times
Can control 2 slave flashes
High guide number (105ft)
Zoom flash function up to Focal length of 100mm
Bad Points
Expensive
General Comments
This Canon 550EX E-TTL Flashgun is excellent. Fires a pre-burst of flash to set shutter speed correctly and stores this in flash. Flash intensity is totaly controlable and can be raised or lowered in power by several stops. Also has diffuser for wide angle close up work. This has the bonus of putting lovely catchlights in subjects eyes making portraits seem very lively.
Flash also has head that can be adjusted upwards by 95 degrees and can rotate 360 degrees to avoid direct flash. Can also be fired by remote using remote module STB-2 (Can control 3 Flashes)
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Canon Speedlite 550EX E-TTL Flash Review
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Canon Speedlite 550EX - Photographic Flash with reviews and price
Canon Speedlite 550EX: Snap happy (490 words) by ... It provides full compatibility with the new area AF technology employed by the EOS-3 and refined E-TTL autoflash for improved performance.
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550EX+ST-E2=E-TTL
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EOS (SLR) Camera Systems - Flashes - Speedlite 550EX - Speedlite
It provides full compatibility with the new area AF technology employed by the EOS-3 and refined E-TTL autoflash for improved performance. ... Shop Direct From Canon
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Canon Speedlite 550EX TTL Flash User Reviews at ConsumerReview.com
It provides full compatibility with the new area AF technology employed by the EOS-3 and refined E-TTL autoflash for improved performance.
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Canon Speedlite 550EX Reviews
This flash works well with both digital and film bodies supporting E-TTL; the 10D/550EX combo seems to work best with flash exposure compensation set to -1/2 for general flash photography.
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Canon 580EX II Speedlite Flash Unit: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics &
The Canon Speedlite 580EX Flash contains a superset of the features found in the Canon Speedlite 550EX E-TTL Flash in a smaller, lighter and more modern designed housing, although it is still...
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irgth.com: Canon 550EX and ST-E2
When using E-TTL, it tends to overexpose and blow the highlights if you don't use a bit of negative exposure compensation. ... Canon 550EX Samples
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