6Check again that the controller and the flash unit are fully charged, and press the shutter button to take the photo.

• Even if RATIO is set to [OFF], the controller flashes to transmit a signal.

[3]Wireless flash photography with the lighting ratio control

You can take a photo with wireless flash while controlling the lighting ratio of the controller and 2 groups of off-camera flash units (RMT, RMT2).

This flash unit (Controller)

Off-camera flash

Off-camera flash(RMT2) (RMT)

•Any combination of HVL-F58AM/HVL-F42AM/HVL-F56AM/HVL-F36AM can be used in a group with [RMT]. For [RMT2], only HVL-F58AM that is set to [CTRL1] can be used in a group.

•When using HVL-F56AM/HVL-F36AM as off-camera flash, set the controller mode to [CTRL2]. In [CTRL2] mode, you can control the lighting ratio of only 2 groups. For details on setting the controller mode, see [C03] in “Custom setting” (page 74).

•The whole power level ratio is displayed using the flash-range/multiple-flash frequency/flash-ratio display on the LCD panel for the wireless flash photography with the lighting ratio control.

e.g.)

When a display is [4:2:1], the flash of each group fires with power level of 4/7, 2/7 and 1/7 of the whole.

1Set the camera, flash (controller), and flash (off-camera flash) to wireless flash.

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