Flash Photography With The - Canon AE-1 Instructions Manual

switches over to function as an AE camera
even when the 155A is mounted on
it.
The Canon Speedlites 133A. 177A and
199A also make AE flash photography
possible with the AE-I and can be used in
about the same way as the 155A. For detailed
information concerning the use of these
Speedlites, please refer to the individual
instructions.
Flash Photography with the AE-1
1. When the AE-1
is
used with the Canon
Speedlite 133A. 155A. 177A or 199A. the
shutter speed is automatically adjusted to the
X synchronization speed at the time the pilot
lamp lights up.
2. Flash Terminal: The AE-1 offers a
choice of two kinds of flash terminals; one is a
directly coupled contact of the hot shoe type,
and the other is of the B type terminal, a s
determined by Japanese Industrial Standards
(JISI for use with flash units with a cord.
When both flash terminals are used, two flash
units can be fired simultaneously.
3. Flash Synchronization Range
4.
When the AE-1 is used with a flash unit
other than the Canon Speedlite 133A. 155A.
177A or 199A. be sure to set the shutter
speed at 1/60 sec. and the aperture manually
to the fhtop prescribed for automatic flash
photography.
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