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Precaution
To avoid fire or electrical shock, do not expose this product to rain or
moisture.
To avoid short circuit, please sure the batteries contacts are securely
packed and in accordance with local provisions when handling the
battery.
Please place the batteries and the parts which can be swallowed
mistakenly away from children. Contact a doctor immediately when it
occurs.
To avoid possible injury to eyes, do not use the flash light in a short
distance from the eyes.
To avoid possible safety accident, do not use the flash light on the people
who need a high degree of attention.
This product is dropped or shocked seriously and the inner part of this
product is bared.
Wear gloves and take the batteries out if the corrosive liquid inside the
batteries leaks.
This product gives off strange smell, heat or smokes.
Do not dissemble or maintain this product because the internal high
voltage circuit may cause the electric shock.
Please take out all the batteries if this product is not used for a long time.
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Page 1: Precaution
Precaution To avoid fire or electrical shock, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. To avoid short circuit, please sure the batteries contacts are securely packed and in accordance with local provisions when handling the battery. Please place the batteries and the parts which can be swallowed mistakenly away from children. -
Page 2: Features
Ultrafast Charging Recycle System Every great moment can be catched because it takes just 1.5s for YN686EX-RT to finish charging recycle when it is used in full power. Compatible with Canon Wireless RT System In wireless radio transmission flash shooting, one YN686EX-RT can be... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Precaution ................1 Features ................2 Quick Start ................. 4 Components Description..........5~9 Mount and Remove ............10 Basic Functions............11~16 Advanced Applications..........17~20 Wireless Flash Shooting........... 21~26 C.Fn: Custom Settings..........27~28 Troubleshooting Guide ........... 29 Specifications ............30~31 Conventions used in this user manual: In order to learn and master the operation of this speed-lite, at the meanwhile you read this manual, please take user manual of your... -
Page 4: Quick Start
Quick Start If you don’ t have much time to read the whole user manual, we advise you to read this section. 1.Please avoid the excessive user of the output with maximum power. It c a n e ff e c t i v e l y e x t e n d t h e s e r v i c e l i f e o f t h i s p r o d u c t . ( I t ’ s recommended that the speedlite should be idle for more than 10 minutes when entering the overheat protection) 2.Long press [MODE] button to enter into trigger method selection... -
Page 5: Components Description
Components Description Reflector Wide-angle diffuser panel Flash head Battery compartment cover Wireless sensor Off-camera indicator AF assist beam Hotshot contact Sound port Bounce angle index LINK : Wireless connection indicator Terminal cover LCD panel USB port Functional button 1/2/3/4 [MODE]/ Power switch/ Flash mode button/ Lock switch... -
Page 6: Lcd Panel
Components Description LCD Panel ETTL Mode :Automatic zoom Zoom focal length :Manual zoom :Beep :High-speed sync ETTL:ETTL auto flash :Second-curtain sync :Battery capacity :Over heat :Auto zoom for sensor size Effective flash range :Custom function Distance indicator scale Function menu :Aperture Distance indicator:M/feet FEB sequence... - Page 7 MULTI Mode MULTI:Multi flash Number of flashes Flash frequency Master Unit :Master control :Wireless transmission Flash mode :Optical transmission :Master unit fires ON :Master unit :Channel fires OFF :Channel auto-set Flash group Flash light ratio Wireless Slave Unit :Slave icon :Slave...
- Page 8 Components Description Status of Indicator Meaning of Indicator Light Status of Charging Meaning Method Indicator The speed-lite is fully charged and Red light Normal. can be used. The speed-lite has not been fully Waiting for completion of Blue light charged. charging.
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Page 9: Components Description
Components Description Sound Prompt The Sound Form Meaning Method The sound indicator is enabled; the Tick twice speed-lite is started and ready to Normal fire. Three ticks, Adjust exposure compensation The exposure is possibly excessive. two times or change the shooting condition. Adjust exposure The exposure is possibly insufficient. -
Page 10: Mount And Remove
Mount and Remove 1.Install Batteries Slide the battery compartment cover in the direction of the arrow as shown. Insert the batteries according to the label inside the battery compartment and make sure the direction of the battery contact (+/-)is correct. Close the battery compartment cover in the direction of the arrow as shown. -
Page 11: Basic Functions
YN686EX-RT supports FEC, FEB, high-speed sync, second-curtain sync, exposure lock, aperture preview, menu access of Canon camera, etc. - Page 12 5.M Mode Short press [MODE] button to set the flash mode as M mode. In M mode, the flash intensity can be asjusted according to your SEL/ own need. By short presssing functional button [ ] , a f t e r < F l a s h O u t p u t > i s highlighted, the flash output power can be adjusted when you rotate [ ].
- Page 13 Basic Function 7.ZOOM: Setting Flash Range Automatically zooming: Short press [ ] button, wait for the focal length value highlighted on the LCD screen and adjust the coverage range through [ ]. When < > SEL/ displays at the left side of <ZOOM> button, put the speedlite on the camera, the flash light cup will move back and forth along with the change of the focal length of the lens to fit different flash coverage range (Defaults to...
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Page 14: Modeling Flash
Basic Function 9.AF -Assist Beam When it is difficult to autofocus on the subject i n l o w - l i g h t o r l o w - c o n t r a s t s h o o t i n g environment,the flash will activate the built-in AF-Assist Beam to help autofocus,the AF-Assist Beam can be set to be enable or... - Page 15 Basic Function overheat warning appears. If the speedlite is used too frequently,the overheat protection will be triggered,and the LCD screen shows the icon of <overheat p r o t e c t i o n > , w i t h r e d a n d b l u e l i g h t o f [ r e c y c l i n g i n d i c a t o r l i g h t ] f l a s h i n g Overheat warning alternatively.When the overheat protection is...
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Page 16: Basic Functions
16. Firmware Upgrade This product supports firmware upgrade,please visit YONGNUO official website www.hkyongnuo.com to download the latest update software and firmware to upgrade the speedlite.The upgrading method is as... -
Page 17: Advanced Applications
Advanced Applications 1.High-speed Sync Flash With high-speed sync flash(FP flash),the speedlite can be synchronized with all shutter speeds,the maximum shutter sync speed is up to 1/8000s.High-speed synchronization SEL/ makes it very convenient for you to shoot in aperture-priority to fill flash for portrait.Short p r e s s [ ] t o t u r n o n o r o f f h i g h - s p e e d s y n c h r o n i z a t i o n function,when the function is on,the high-speed sync icon will be... -
Page 18: Flash Exposure Compensation
Advanced Applications In shooting with optical transmission wireless flash,when the flash is in Sc/Sn trigger mode,the flash mode and output of the slave unit is fully controlled by the master control unit. 4.Flash Exposure Compensation In order to make the shooting effect more satisfactory,you can set the flash exposure compensation on the camera menu or on the flash.The settable range of the flash exposure... - Page 19 Advanced Applications 6.FE lock (Canon) With FE lock,you should lock the center of camera’ s viewfinder at the subject,press the flash exposure lock button [*] of the flash,the speedlite will fire a preflash and the camera will calculate the suitable output level,at this time you have some time to recompose,after that, just press shutter to shoot.(This function can be used only when it is supported by the camera itself,for the setting,please refer to the user...
- Page 20 Advanced Applications ceiling should be flat and white ,which helps to get efficient reflection,if the reflecting surface is not white,color cast may appear on the photo. 10.Use reflection board for shooting Using reflection board for flash,pull out reflection board and wide panel at the same time from the flash head and push back the wide panel.If you take photo as this time, a highlight will be produced in the person’...
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Page 21: Wireless Flash Shooting
The YN686EX-RT supports wireless radio transmission flash shooting,realize wireless TTL,manual and stroboscopic function. As the master unit,the speedlite can trigger the YONGNUO and Canon RT series speedlites,such as the YN600EX-RT II/YN968EX-RT/600EX II-RT/430EX III-RT;as the slave unit, the same YN686EX-RT can... - Page 22 Wireless Flash Shooting channel and 10000 ID for option . Channel setting: short press the[ ] button to enter the channel setting state,rotate the [ ] to choose “AUTO” or choose the suitable SEL/ channel from 1 to 15,short press the [SET] button for save.
- Page 23 Wireless Flash Shooting •The master flash on or forbid flash （ON/OFF） When the YN686EX-RT as master unit to process wireless radio transmission flash shooting,you can choose if the master unit participate in the flash or not. When the master unit set to ON,the master unit will SEL/ participate the flash as Group A flash.Short...
- Page 24 2.Optical Transmission The YN686EX-RT supports optical transmission wireless flash shooting,realize wireless TTL,manual and stroboscopic function.As master unit,the speedlite can trigger the YONGNUO EX series speedlite(excluding the YN585EX) through the wireless radio transmission;as the slave unit, the same YN600EX-RT II can respectively receive the wireless signal of YN686EX-RT、YN600EX-RT...
- Page 25 -RT,580EX II,7D/60D/600D cameras built-in flash,Nikon built-in flash C command and optical transmission wireless signal,realize off camera TTL and manual flash.When the YN686EX-RT in Sc/Sn trigger mode,the flash mode and flash output of slave unit will be totally controlled by the master unit.
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Page 26: Wireless Flash Shooting
Wireless Flash Shooting S1/S2 trigger mode is respectively suitable for the manual flash environment and TTL flash environment.When the YN686EX-RTin S1/S2 trigger mode, the flash mode will default to M mode, the setting method of flash output is the same as set top M mode. S1 mode: In this mode it will work with the first flash synchronously of the master flash, with the result consistent with the use of radio slave. -
Page 27: C.fn: Custom Settings
[ ]，then short press the function button[ ]will restore the custom function to factory default. Custom Function supported by YN686EX-RT is as following: C.Fn 00 Distance indicator display 0：m meter（m） ）... - Page 28 C.Fn: Custom Function Setting C.Fn 09 Automatic identification sensor 0：ON Turn on the automatic identification sensor 1：OFF Turn off the automatic identification sensor C.Fn 10 Power automatic off of the slave unit 0:60min Power automatic off of the slave unit is 60 minutes 1:10min Power automatic off of the slave unit is 10 minutes C.Fn 11 Slave auto power off timer 0:8h...
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Page 29: Troubleshooting Guide
7.Flash in error state. Please try to turn off the flash and remove it from the camera.Then install on the camera and restart the flash. If the problem still not be solved,please contact to YONGNUO after-sale service center with hot line 400-001-3888. -
Page 30: Specifications
Zoom range 20，24，28，35，50，70，80，105，135，200mm Vertical rotation angle -7~90 degrees Horizontal rotation angle 180 degrees each side Power supply YN-B2000 lithium battery*1 Lighting times 750 times (YONGNUO specialized lithium battery YN-B2000) Recycle time Approx 1.5s Color temperature 5600k Flash time 1/200s~1/20000s Flash control... - Page 31 Specifications Guide Number (ISO 100, in meters / feet) Flash Coverage (mm) Flash Output Flash Coverage (mm) Flash Output...
- Page 32 The functions of this manual are based on the test conditions of our company. Further notice will not be given if the design and specifications change; The YONGNUO logo in this manual includes the registered trademark or trademark of SHENZHEN YONGNUO PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT Co., Ltd in China or/and other countries (regions).
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