brian hanson Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I'm sorry to bother you all with problem that seems to me should be so easy to resolve, but I have been searching for two days to find a user's manual for my 540 EZ Speedlite. If you could direct me to a site where I can download one, I would be very appreciative. This is by far the most advanced flash I own, and at first glance seems to be a really cool flash. I can't wait to try some multiple exposures with the strobe! Thanks, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul - Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 <a href="http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=540EZ">EOS Documentation Project, 540EZ Operator's Manual</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian hanson Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Thank you Paul, I had seen that before, but that can't be the whole manual, is it? It does not look like a typical canon manual, and I was hoping for a little more info. Thanks again, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul - Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I would be surprised if the actual Canon manual provides more info than alternatives on the net. Canon almost seem secretive about details of their flash systems.<p>There are a couple <a href="http://search.ebay.com/540ez-manual_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsadisZ200QQfsopZ2QQfsooZ2QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch">540EZ manuals on eBay </a>right now, but I don't know where you could download one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_castagno Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Hey Brian, I'll see if I still have mine when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 <p>As the owner of the copyright, Canon has the right to determine how (or if) their manuals are distributed. In recent years, they seem to have decided that making PDFs of their manuals available for free downloading would be a good idea. But they generally have only been doing this for newly-released products; legal online copies of manuals for older products are scarce.</p> <p>Between the eosdoc manual mentioned above, and the standard photonotes.org EOS flash bible, you will probably have several times as much information about the flash unit and how it works as you would from a genuine Canon manual. If you still want a genuine Canon manual, both eosdoc and photonotes have pages about how to get one.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrutz Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I agree with Steve. Canon user manuals are pathetic in their lack of real information, and hard to understand as well. You're better of printing the EOSDoc.org manual for reference and studying the PhotoNotes.org article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian hanson Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Thanks a lot for all of your help. The PhotoNotes website has all of the info I wanted, but it is a lot to wade through! It is very interesting though, thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_davies Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 http://66.49.230.119/flashes_meters/canon_540ez.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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