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4. i-TTL: Fully Automatic Wireless Flash Shooting
Using Automatic Wireless Flash with a Single Slave Unit
Master Unit setting
Slave Unit setting
Check the communication
channel
Position the camera
and flashes
Attach a Flashpoint Zoom TTL
flash on the camera and set it
as the master Unit.
M/A/B/C can be set as TTL
mode independently.
Set the other camera flash as
the wireless slave Unit.
The slave unit can be set as
group A/B/C.
If the master unit and slave
unit(s) are set to a different
channel, set them to the same
channel.
Position the camera and
flashes as the picture shows.
Check that the master flash
ready indicator is illuminated.
When the slave flash indicator
is ready, the AF-assist beam
lighting area will blink at
1 second intervals.
Check that the flash is ready.
Press the master unit’s Test
Button
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.
The slave unit will fire. If not,
adjust the slave unit’s sensor’s
angle toward the master unit and
distance from the master unit.
Check the flash operation.
The slave unit might be out of order or fire an unwanted flash
due to the nearby fluorescent lamp or computer screen.
If the slave unit’s auto power off function is engaged, press the
master unit’s test button to power it on. Please note that test
firing is unavailable during the camera’s metering time.
The effective time of slave auto power off is adjustable.
See the Custom Menu section.
By making some settings, the auto AF-assist transmitter will
not blink after the slave unit’s flash ready indicator is lightened.