Cheetah V860c Instruction Manual

Ttl li-ion camera flash for canon

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www.cheetahstand.com
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TTL Li-ion Camera Flash
For Canon
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Before using this product
Please read this user manual carefully in order to ensure your safety
and the proper operation of this product. Keep for future reference.

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  • Page 1 TTL Li-ion Camera Flash For Canon INSTRUCTION MANUAL Before using this product Cheetah Light LLC. Please read this user manual carefully in order to ensure your safety www.cheetahstand.com and the proper operation of this product. Keep for future reference. info@cheetahstand.com...
  • Page 2: Foreword

    Foreword For Your Safety Thank you for purchasing this product. Always keep this product dry. Do not use in rain or in damp Series is a original product and the world’s first Li-ion powered conditions. camera flash, pioneering innovation in the industry. The LiPo battery This product contains high-voltage electronic parts.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    For Your Safety Name of Parts Body Control Panel LCD Panel What’s in the Box of V860C Kit? What’s in the Box of V860C (only flash unit)? Separately Sold Accessories Battery Features Cautions Loading and Unloading the Battery Battery Level Indication...
  • Page 4: Name Of Parts

    ● LCD Panel Name of Parts ● Body 01. Catchlight Panel 08. Hotshoe 02. Built-in Wide Panel 09. LCD Panel 03. Flash Head 10. Lock Ring 04. Optic Control Sensor 11. Li-ion Battery Compartment 01. < ETTL > ETTL Autoflash 12.
  • Page 5: What's In The Box Of V860C Kit

    1. This flash unit uses Li-ion polymer battery which has long runtime. The available charge-and-discharge times are 500. ● What’s in the Box of V860C (only flash unit)? 2. It is reliably safe. The inner circuit is against overcharge, 1. Flash unit 5. Mini Stand 6. Protection Case 7. Instruction manual overdischarge, overcurrent, and short circuit.
  • Page 6: Attaching To A Camera

    ● Press the camera release button halfway to focus. The shutter Attaching to a Camera speed and aperture will be displayed in the viewfinder. ● When the shutter button is fully pressed, the flash will fire a pre- flash that the camera will use to calculate exposure and flash Attach the Camera Flash.
  • Page 7: Fel: Flash Exposure Lock

    Set the exposure bracketing High-Speed Sync amount. Turn the Select Dial to High Speed Sync (FP flash) enables the flash to synchronize with set the amount. all camera shutter speeds. This is convenient when you want to use aperture priority for fill-flash portraits. Select <...
  • Page 8: Wireless Flash

    Flash Output Range ● Stroboscopic flash is most effective with a highly reflective The following table makes it easier to see how the stop changes in subject against a dark background. terms of f/stop when you increase or decrease the flash output. For Using a tripod and a remote control is recommended.
  • Page 9: Wireless Settings

    ● Any flash settings (of flash exposure compensation, high-speed Set it as the slave unit. sync, FE lock, FEB, manual flash, Multi flash) on the master unit Turn the Select Dial until ● will be automatically sent to the slave units. So the only thing you <...
  • Page 10: Fully Automatic Wireless Flash

    2. Fully Automatic Wireless Flash 3. Master Unit’s Flash OFF This uses E-TTL autoflash to control the total flash output and make When the master unit is set to OFF, only the slave units will fire a all groups of flashes fire at an average of the total flash output. flash.
  • Page 11: Other Applications

    Select the flash ratio. Turn Sync Triggering the Select Dial to choose The Sync Cord Jack is a Φ2.5mm plug. Insert a trigger plug here < A:B > or < A:B:C > . and the flash will be fired synchronously with the camera shutter. Pressing the <...
  • Page 12: Creating A Catchlight

    If the wall or ceiling is too far away, the bounced flash might C.Fn: Setting Custom Functions ● be too weak and result in underexposure. ● The wall or ceiling should be a plain, white color for high The following table lists the available and unavailable custom reflectance.
  • Page 13: Control With The Camera's Menu Screen

    Press < > button for Protection Function 2 seconds or longer until < > is displayed. 1. Over-Temperature Protection Select the Custom Function ● To avoid overheating and deteriorating the flash head, do not fire more than 30 continuous flashes in fast succession at 1/1 full ●...
  • Page 14: Technical Data

    Technical Data Troubleshooting If there is a problem, refer to this Troubleshooting Guide. Kit Model V860C Kit (with battery & charger) Flash-Only Model V860C (only flash unit) The Camera Flash cannot be charged. • Type ● The battery is installed in the wrong direction.
  • Page 15: Firmware Upgrade

    Photos have dark corners or only parts of the target subject are illuminated. ● The focal length of lens exceeds the flash coverage. →Check the flash coverage you set. This flash unit has the flash coverage between 24 and 105mm, which fits medium-format cameras.

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