Nissin Mark II Di866 Instruction Manual page 6

Setting of Control and Remote flash:
Setting Control flash:
The Control flash to be set is one unit only.
Place the control flash on the
camera and switch it on, and set to
Manual function mode or set to the
camera's built-in flash on. Make
sure which mode you chose, digital
pre-flash flash system or analogue flash system.
Setting Remote flash Di866 Mark II:
Multiple numbers of flashes can be set. Switch
Di866 Mark II on and select the appropriate slave
system, either SD or SF.
When flash is set to the slave function mode, the
red LED starts blinking every 2 seconds showing
the slave function mode is in order. Make sure
the mode you set, SD or SF which should couple with the
control flash system.
Set remote flash at any place and direct the flash head as you
desire. Remote sensor in the remote flash is facing to the
camera or to the control flash.
Use the included flash stand. Place Di866 Mark II on to the flash
stand which can be placed either on a flat place or on the tripod
by the screw.
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NOTE
Metal type accessory shoe is not recommended since it may give electric damage on
the electrical contact of the flash hotshoe.
When setting Di866 Mark II to the slave function mode, the zoom setting
system is automatically set for the Manual Zoom at 24 mm position. The
zooming position can be selected manually to any other position available.In
this mode, the auto-off timer is recommended to set at 60 minutes or be
cancelled (off). The sensing angle of the slave sensor is 100˚ approx.
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In this case, reset this F. Stop on you camera.
As for the traditional type film cameras, no ISO information or F. Stop
information is transferred by the camera. In this case, set ISO value at the
Advanced function page of Di866 Mark II.
ADVANCED CUSTOM SETTING
Advanced custom setting is prepared in this mode.
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Sub Flash Function
Manual Zoom Setting
Remote Flash Function
In additional to the Manual power mode, the remote flash function
supports Av operation mode.
Setting Remote flash: Select the slave mode SD or SF and set the
desired F.stop and ISO speed on the Remote flash. As for setting
Control flash, follow to the instruction manual in the remote flash
function page at Manual power operation --- Page 16.
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slave 2
slave 3
slave 1
Camera with
control flash
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Av. Mode Operation
The mode to be set on the camera:
The flash light is automatically controlled by the photo sensor built-in the flash
unit instead of TTL metering. Select your desired F. Stop on Di866 Mark II and
set this F. Stop on your camera. The intensity of flash light is automatically
controlled for the most proper exposure within the certain area of distance.
Set the camera mode, to or
Set the mode on Di866 Mark II. From the 6 icons screen,
select M / Av and set .
Set
Select Av and set Set .
F. Stop is displayed in the screen in accordance with the
ISO setting on the camera.
Select your desired F. Stop and set
Press on / off switch to lock the value. (Press it again to
release the lock)
Set the same F. Stop on your camera.
The display screen shows the F. Stop selected, the
camera-subject maximum distance for the proper exposure
and the focal length set on the camera.
The flash light is automatically controlled within the distance
area. The shortest distance for the proper exposure is
approximately 1.0 meter (3 feet) from the camera to the
subject.
The distance varies by changing the focal length and F. Stop set on Di866
Mark II. This Av. mode of Di866 Mark II is not coupled with camera's
aperture setting. The aperture setting on the flash unit is not controlled by
the camera.
When changing the ISO setting on the camera, the F. Stop of the flash unit
is automatically reset for such corresponding ISO value.
Multiple Flash Mode (Repeat flash/Stroboscopic flash)
The mode to be set on the camera:
Repeating the flash illumination on the subject freezes the sequence of motion
in one frame of picture.
In this mode, the power level, frequency and the number of flashes are to be
set on the flash unit in advance.
Power Ratio:
Uncontrolled manual power is provided in 5 steps, from 1/8 to 1/128 power.
Frequency :
1 Hz to 90 Hz frequency can be set.
Flash Times :
1 time to 90 times can be set.
Set the camera mode to on your camera.
Set the shutter speed on your camera in accordance with the guide table in
the next page.
Set the mode on Di866 Mark II. From the 6 icons screen, select
and set
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Set
Value setting screen is appeared with the default values
preset as shown.
In this mode, the reflector zooming function is
automatically set for option. Either Auto zoom or Manual
zoom setting is selectable.
Select the function and choose
one by one.
Press on/off switch to lock this condition.
Or press set or wait for 8 seconds to return the multi
Set
flash function screen.
or
on your camera.
on the flash unit.
Set
the desired value
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