Wireless Channel Setting; Wireless Slave Mode Setting - Pentax AF360FGZ Operating Manual

Auto zoom electronic flash unit
Hide thumbs Also See for AF360FGZ:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

WIRELESS CHANNEL SETTING

The channel of the camera and the flash unit should
be set to the same channel. If both channels do not
match, the wireless flash unit will not fire.
SLAVE
35
mm
P-TTL
CH.
3
1
2
[Example] When channel is set to 3 CH..
48
I AF360FGZ Channel Setting
1
Slide the setting switch down to the [yellow dot
side] and display the channel on the display
panel.
2
Press the channel setting button and set to
CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH4.
3
Slide the setting switch back up to the [white
dot side] after setting.
4
When the AF360AFGZ is attached to the
hotshoe of the camera and the power switch of
the camera and the flash unit is set to on, and
the shutter button is pressed halfway down, the
channel of the flash unit will be registered on
the camera side and become the same
channel.
• The channel setting is to prevent confusion of
wireless signals between the *ist, MZ-S or MZ-
L/MZ-6/ZX-L and AF360FGZ being used by
other people. Set to a channel out of the 4 that
is not being used by others.

WIRELESS SLAVE MODE SETTING

To properly control the wireless slave, it is
necessary to set the wireless slave mode settings
for the camera being used.
Set to SLAVE1 when using the *ist, MZ-S or MZ-
L/MZ-6/ZX-L camera and to SLAVE2 for all others
cameras.
SLAVE
2 seconds
or more
2
1
3
I Setting function
1
Slide the setting switch up.
2
Press the illumination button [LIGHT] for 2
seconds or more.
SLAVE1 will be displayed.
3
Each time the Select button [S] is pressed, it
will switch in the order of SLAVE1 → SLAVE2
→ SLAVE1.
4
Press the illumination button to end the setting.
• If the AF360FGZ is set to SLAVE1 when used
with other than the *ist, MZ-S or MZ-L/MZ-6/ZX-
L, the flash will not operate.
• If the AF360FGZ is set to SLAVE2 when used
with the *ist, MZ-S or MZ-L/MZ-6/ZX-L, the
AF360FGZ will operate and flash at the control
flash before the picture is taken.
• In SLAVE 2, fluorescent lamps flicker may
contribute to flash unit's erroneous firing on
rare occasions.
49

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Table of Contents