Canon Speedlite 430EX II Manual

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Type:

On-camera, E-TTL II/E-TTL/TTL autoflash Speedlite

Compatible cameras:

Type-A EOS cameras (E-TTL II/E-TTL autoflash), 
Type-B EOS cameras (TTL autoflash)

Guide No.:

43/141 (at 105mm focal length, ISO 100 in meters/feet)

Flash coverage:

24 - 105mm (14mm with wide panel) 
• Auto zoom (Flash coverage set automatically to match the 

lens focal length and image sensor size)

• Manual zoom
• Flash head swing (bounce flash)

Color temperature 
information transmission: Flash color temperature information transmitted to camera 

when flash is fired

Exposure control system: E-TTL II/E-TTL/TTL autoflash, manual flash
Effective flash range:

0.7 - 24.3 m / 2.3 - 79.7 ft. 

(With EF50mm f/1.4 lens * High-speed sync: 0.7 - 12 m / 2.3 - 39.4 ft. (at 1/250 sec.)
at ISO 100) 
Flash exposure 
compensation:

±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments 

FE lock:

Provided

High-speed sync:

Provided

Flash exposure 
confirmation:

Flash exposure confirmation lamp lights

Recycling time:

Normal flash: Approx. 3.0 sec. (with AA/LR6 alkaline 
batteries)

Flash-ready indicator:

Red pilot lamp lights

Transmission method:

Optical pulse

Channels:

4

Transmission range:

Reception angle: Approx. ±40° horizontal, Approx. ±30° 
vertical

Slave-ready indicator:

AF-assist beam blinks

Modeling flash:

Fired with camera’s depth-of-field preview button

9 (20 settings)