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Pioneering TTL Li-ion Camera Flash For Nikon ® PIXAPRO LTD. 50 Popes Lane, INSTRUCTION MANUAL Oldbury, English West Midlands, B69 4PA Tel: 0845 872 7904 Web: www.essentialphoto.co.uk E-mail: customerservice@essentialphoto.co.uk Company Registration No. 07601334 Before using this product: Please read this user manual carefully in order to ensure your safety and the proper operation of this product.
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Foreword For Your Safety Thank you for purchasing this product. Always keep this product dry. Do not use in rain or in damp conditions. This Li-ION580II N camera flash applies to Nikon DSLR series This product contains high-voltage electronic parts. Touching cameras and is compatible with i-TTL autoflash.
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Contents Foreword For Your Safety Name of Parts Body Control Panel Dot-matrix LCD Panel What's in the Box of Li-ION580II N Kit? What's in the Box of Li-ION580II N (only flash unit)?Separately Sold Accessories Battery Attaching to a Camera Power Management Flash Mode —...
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● Separately Sold Accessories (4) Radio Transmission Shooting/Optic Transmission Shooting The product can be used in combination with the following accessories ● Master Unit sold separately, so as to achieve best photography effects: Flash mode ST-III N TTL wireless flash trigger, ST-I power & trigger control, Mini : Group flash (radio transmission) softbox, White &...
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To unload the battery, tap the C.Fn Disabling Auto Power Off function is recommended when white knob and the battery the flash is used off camera. (C.Fn-APO, Page 26) Slave pack will pop out. Then close Auto Power Off Timer is set to 60 minutes by default. C.Fn the compartment.
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High-Speed Sync Flash Mode — M: Manual Flash High Speed Sync (FP flash) enables the flash to synchronize with all camera shutter speeds. This is convenient when you want to use The flash output is adjustable from 1/1 full power to 1/128th power aperture priority for fill-flash portraits.
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Maximum Stroboscopic Flashes: Flash Mode — RPT: Stroboscopic Flash Flash output With stroboscopic flash, a rapid series of flashes is fired. It can be used to capture a multiple images of a moving subject in a single photograph. You can set the firing frequency (number of flashes per sec. 1/16 expressed as Hz), the number of flashes, and the flash output.
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4. i-TTL Fully Automatic Wireless Flash Shooting Even with multiple slave units, the master unit can control ● Using Automatic Wireless Flash with a Single Slave Unit all of them via wireless. In this user manual, “master unit” refers to the camera flash ●...
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Using Fully Automatic Wireless Flash Wireless Flash Shooting: Radio (2.4G) Transmission The FEC and other settings that set on the master unit will also be appeared on the slave unit automatically. The slave unit does not ● You can set up three slave groups for TTL autoflash shooting. need any operation.
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3. Setting the Communication Channel The slave unit might be out of order or fire an unwanted flash due to the nearby fluorescent lamp or computer screen. If there are other wireless flash systems nearby, you can change the channel IDs to prevent signal interference. The channel IDs of the ●...
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Using a flash (master/slave) with a radio transmission wireless Wireless shooting using radio transmission has advantages over shooting function make it easy to shoot with advanced wireless wireless shooting using optic transmission, such as being less affected multiple flash lighting, in the same way as TTL autoflash shooting. by obstacles, and not having to point the slave unit’s wireless sensor The basic relative position and operation range are as shown in the toward the master unit.
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Modeling Flash ● If the wall or ceiling is too far away, the bounced flash might If the camera has a depth-of-field preview button, pressing it will fire be too weak and result in underexposure. the flash continuously for 1 second. This is called modeling flash. The wall or ceiling should be a plain, white color for high ●...
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Low Battery Warning Protection Function If the battery power is low, < > will appear and blink on the LCD 1. Over-Temperature Protection panel. Please replace the battery immediately. ● To avoid overheating and deteriorating the flash head, do not fire more than 30 continuous flashes in fast succession at 1/1 full power.
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Technical Data Troubleshooting If there is a problem, refer to this Troubleshooting Guide. Li-ION580II N Model • Type The Camera Flash does not fire. Compatible Cameras Nikon DSLR cameras (i-TTL autoflash) ● The camera flash is not attached securely to the camera. Guide No.
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Firmware Upgrade FCC Warning This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is This flash supports firmware upgrade through the USB port. Update subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not information will be released on our official website. cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any USB connection line is not included in this product.
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