flash on 20D

[ElleG83]

anybody know if there is a way to decrease the intensity of the flash on the 20D? i seem to have misplaced my owners manual...

[tim]

Flash Exposure Compensation. Hit the button with a little lightening bolt on it, then dial it down.

[robertwgross]

If your internal flash is already at its maximum, then your best bet is to crank up the ISO of the camera. That effectively gets you more flash range, even though you really are not changing the flash.

---Bob Gross---

[tim]

Bob, he said decrease the intensity. Raising the ISO will have the same effect as increasing the intensity/brightness of the flash.

Another way to get less light in is to use a narrower aperture.

[ElleG83]

Bob, he said decrease the intensity. Raising the ISO will have the same effect as increasing the intensity/brightness of the flash.

Another way to get less light in is to use a narrower aperture.

actually, i'm a she, but that's ok. i understand light just fine. i have a photography assignment where i have to take 3 pictures- one with no flash, one with 1/2 stop flash fill, and one with one stop flash fill. thanks for the help though! :D

[tim]

He, she, doesn't matter ;) My first post explains how to do it, good luck with the assignment :)

[drisley]

Check out Canon. You can download the 20D owner's manual in PDF format.

[ElleG83]

Check out Canon. You can download the 20D owner's manual in PDF format.

lol. yeah. i thought of that right after i posted.

[drisley]

The great thing about PDF is that you can do a search for the topic you want.
It's so much faster than flipping thru pages. :)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Elle,
As you increase/decrease the Flash Exposure Compensation as described bu Tim above,.. there is an exposure meter very much like the one in your viewfinder on the 20D's top LCD.. But this one shows your Flash metering.. there you will allways see if you have FEC set, and where it's set to.

[robertwgross]

Bob, he said decrease the intensity. Raising the ISO will have the same effect as increasing the intensity/brightness of the flash.

Another way to get less light in is to use a narrower aperture.

You're right. I've never heard of anybody trying to decrease the intensity, only increase it.

The light will decrease automatically, down to one meter. Beyond that, you're on your own. You could simply put a heavy diffuser over the flash tube. The metering will see that effect from the pre-flash and try to goose it up some, but it can only go so far.

---Bob Gross---

[drisley]

I always decrease the intensity of the flash because I almost always use it as a fill.

[pierrot]

I always decrease the intensity of the flash because I almost always use it as a fill.
So do I very often (more than increasing, which I do with a 550ex ;) )