The Other YN-622C User Guide
28/08/2013
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More Creative Scenarios
Augmenting Ambient
Indoor event photographers may use flashes high on light-stands and set to bounce light off the
ceiling, or to provide hair- or rim-light. An on-top flash provides on-axis fill/main light for subject.
Basic setup
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Camera menu set to Firing Group A:B C
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Transmitter set to
Mix
mode. CH indicator shows steady green.
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Remote 622’s lighting groups set to B or C.
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On-top Class 1 or 2 flash set on-flash to ETTL mode.
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Remote Class 1 flashes set on-flash to Manual at say 1/4th power.
Remotely adjusting augmenting flashes in Mix mode
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Change Transmitter to
Remote
mode.
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In camera menus select Manual mode and adjust output levels for B and C.
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Change Transmitter back to
Mix
mode.
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On-top flash re-set on-flash to ETTL mode.
Walk-About (APOAZ technique)
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On-top flash in ETTL and flashes in Manual to augment.
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To be able to turn off triggering of augmenting lights, set remote 622s to say Channel 2.
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Set Transmitter to CH 2 to use remote lights, and on-top flash will still fire.
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Set Transmitter to CH 1 to use only on-top flash.
Remote mode with Class 2 or 3 flashes (Dan Kinzie technique)
Instead of using Class 1 flashes in the basic setup above, use Class 2 or 3 flashes like the YN-560.
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Camera menu set to E-TTL mode.
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On-camera 622 transmitter set to
Remote
mode.
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On-top Class 1 or 2 flash, which adopts menu settings to produce an E-TTL/FEC exposure.
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The 560s set on-flash to a manual power level.
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The YN-560s will be triggered at their set levels, and will not respond to menu settings.
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The maximum sync speed may be 1/250S.
Class 5 strobes with Independent Remote Control (David Ward technique)
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Place a 622 on the camera, with an on-top hot-shoe flash.
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Place a 622 nearby and mount another trigger controller, like the Cybersync Commander.
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Mount strobes, e.g. Einsteins, on stands for augmented ambient or rim light. Connect a
Cybersync receiver to each.
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The Cybersync provides easy remote control of strobes for adjusting power, and the 622
provides triggering of the strobes and full control of any 622-mounted hot-shoe flashes.
Two-Shooter Setup (John UK technique)
A second shooter can share augmenting flashes. There is a problem – preventing the zooming and
firing of the other camera’s on-top flash.
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Camera 1 set to E-TTL or Manual, and Firing Group A:B at some ratio/power.
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On-camera 622 set to
Remote
mode and Group C, with an on-top flash.
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Camera 2 set up the same.
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Enhancing flash stand with remote 622 set to Group B, plus flash.
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When either camera takes a shot, it's on-top flash is treated as Group A, the augmenting
flash as Group B, and the other camera as Group C. Group C is not enabled in Firing
Group A:B, so does not fire.
