Canon Canon Speedlite 600EX RT Check the transmission status and that the flash is ready

a: Fully Automatic Wireless Flash Shooting

5 Set the flash mode to <a>. Press the <E> button on the master unit and set the flash mode to <a>.

The slave unit is set automatically to <a> during shooting via the control from the master unit.

To also fire the master unit, set the master flash firing to ON (p.55).

6 Check the transmission status and that the flash is ready.

Check that the <D> lamp is lit in green.

When the slave flash is ready, the AF-assist beam emitter blinks at 1-second intervals.

Check that the <Q> slave flash-ready icon is lit on the master unit’s LCD panel.

When the recycling of all the flash units is completed, the master unit’s flash-ready lamp lights.

7 Check the operation.

Press the master unit’s test flash button.

X The slave unit flashes. If the slave unit does not fire, check that it is placed within the operation range.

8 Take the picture.

Set the camera and take the picture, in the same way as with normal flash shooting.

XIf a standard flash exposure was obtained, the flash exposure confirmation lamp lights for 3 sec.

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