Canon Auto Bellows

Flash Units and Speedlites

Canon flash photography has been around
since the early days of the rangefinder camera.
In those days it was all about flash bulbs,
capacitors and batteries. It was expensive and complicated.

The advent of the gas filled flash tube marked the beginning of automatic flash photography and the Speedlite.

Although these are technically all photographic Accessories this group of artifical lighting devices is extensive enough to deserve their own section in the Library. And it makes the website easier to search for information.

Canon Flash Units

Canon Flash Unit V Manual
Open Button

Instructions for Canon Flash Unit V
Publication No. 399a 3T 8-57

Canon Flash Unit B-II Manual

Instructions for Flash Unit Model B-II
Pub. 139  3F-12-52

Canon Flash Model III Manual
Open Button
Canon Flash V-2 User Manual

Instructions for Canon Flash V-2
Publication No. 5095    O137D4

Canon Flash Unit J-2 Instructions

Instructions for Canon Flash Unit J-2
Publication No. 50890

Canon Flash Unit Y Instructions

Instructions for Canon Flash Unit Y
Publication No. 1S  (November 1953)

Canon Speedlites

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 155A

Speedlite 011A Brochure
Publication No. C-11-102X (1981)

Manual for Canolite D Flash

This Booklet was actually a 7″ x 14″ sheet of very thin paper that came folded up in the box with the Canolite D. I have scanned and formatted it as a PDF booklet.

Canon Speedlite 133A

Speedlite 133A Instructions
Publication C-IE-077B

Speedlite 133D User Manual

Speedlite 133D User Manual
Publication A1050

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 155A

Speedlite 155A Manual
(Publication No. IE01-065E)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 177A

Speedlite 177A Manual
(Publication No. IE01-071A)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 166A

Speedlite 166A Manual
(Publication No. C-IE-088B)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 188A

Speedlite 188A Manual
(Publication No. C-IE-085P)

Manual for Speedlite 199A

Speedlite 199A Manual
Publication No. IE 01-076

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 244T

Canon Speedlite 244T Instructions
Publication C-II-110V  (1982)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 277T

Speedlite 277T Manual (Publication No. C-IE-110D)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 300TL

Publication C-IE-122J  (1985)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 90EX

Speedlite 200E Instructions
Publication No. C-II-182M P (1990)

Canon Speedlite 220EX User Manual

Speedlite 220EX  User Manual
Publication No. CT1-7764-000  (2006)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 300EZ

Speedlite 300EZ Manual (Publication No. C-1E-134F) (1986)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 200E

Speedlite 200E Instructions
Publication No. C-II-182M P (1990)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 270EX

Speedlite 270EX Instructions
Publication No. CT1-7830-000 (2009)

Canon Speedlite 270EX II User Manual

Speedlite 270EX II Manual
Publication No. CT1-7852-000  (2011)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 320EX

Speedlite 320EX Instructions
Publication No. CT1-7849-004 (2011)

Instruction Manual for Canon Speedlite 380EX

Speedlite 380EX Instructions
Publication No. CT1-1702-004 (1995)

Speedlite 420EZ Manual

Speedlite 420EZ Instructions

Speedlite 420EX User Manual

Canon 420EX User Manual
Publication CT1-1718-004 (2000)

Manual for Canon Speedlite 430EX

Speedlite 430EX Instructions
Publication No. CT1-7760-004 (2008)

Manual for Canon Speedlite 430EX II

Speedlite 430EX II Instructions
Publication No. CT1-7794-002 (2008)

Manual for Canon Speedlite 430EX III

Speedlite 430EX III Instructions
Publication No. CPA-E144-000 (2015)

Speedlite 470EX-AI User Manual

Speedlite 470EX-AI Instructions
Publication No. CPA-E324-000 (2017)

Speedlite 470EX-AI Compatibility Chart

Speedlite 470EX-AI Compatibilty Chart
Publication No. CT1-7794-002 (2008)

Speedlite 550EX User Manual

Speedlite 550EX Instructions
Publication No. CT1-1707-001 (1998)

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