Sony 4-183-746-11(1)

Applications

Setting wireless flash by flash only

Once you have performed the wireless flash setup in step [1], if you continue to use

the same camera and flash combination without changing the wireless channel then

you can also set the flash and camera separately to wireless.

Camera setting:

Set the camera to the wireless flash mode.

For details, refer to the operating instructions supplied with your camera.

Flash setting:

1Press the TTL/M button to display or .

• When selecting , the flash unit fires with the power level to be

set.

2Press the MODE button repeatedly to display [ WL].

3Press the Fn button.

4Press the g or G button to make [RMT] or [RMT2] blink.

5Press the Fn button.

• Make sure that the wireless channel of the off-camera flash is set to the

same channel as the controller. For details on setting the wir eless channel,

see “Custom setting” (page74).

Contents

Main IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS For customers in Europe Notice for the customers in the countries applying EU Directives For the customers in the U.S.A. CAUTION NOTE: Page Table of Contents Preparations Basics Applications Page Before use Features Name of parts * Control panel LCD panel Page Inserting batteries 1 2 3 Checking Batteries Page Page Page Page Preparations Power save mode Changing the flash mode Press the MODE button. Page Page Program auto flash (The basics) Page Basics Flash range Press the shutter button halfway down. Auto WB Adjustment with Color Temperature Info Using flash in each recording mode of the camera Page Test-flash TEST button Zoom flash coverage Manual zoom Press the ZOOM button to select the flash coverage to be set. Built-in wide panel (16 mm zoom angle) Pull out the wide panel and set it at the front of flash tube, and then push back the bounce sheet. Page Page Page Adjusting bounce angle When the flash is bounced upwards Using the bounce sheet Quick shift bounce 90 sideways bounce Page Page Manual flash (M) 1 Page Page TTL flash High-speed sync (HSS) Flash Sync Speed Multiple flash (MULTI) Page Page Page 9 10 11 Maximum number of continuous flashes Wireless flash mode (WL) Wireless Flash Range Distance camera-HVL-F58AM-subject Notes on wireless flash Page Possible wireless flash photography for this flash unit instructions supplied with each product. Page Page 5 6 7 Page [2] Wireless flash photography without built-in flash of camera 1 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 fully charged, and press the shutter button to take the photo. flash) to wireless flash. Even if RATIO is set to [OFF], the controller flashes to transmit a signal. [3] Wireless flash photography with the lighting ratio control Page 2 3 4 5 6 Page Page Using external battery adaptor AF illuminator Reset to the default settings Press the MODE and TTL/M buttons together for three seconds. Custom setting is not reset. Most flash functions return to their default settings. Custom setting Performing the custom setting 1 POWER switch is set to ON. Page Page Page Changing the custom setting To set the high-speed sync (C01) To change the channel setting of the wireless flash (C02) To select wireless control mode (C03) To change the recording mode that can use the manual flash mode (M) and multiple flash mode (C04) To change the test-flash mode (C05) To change the time to power save (C06) To change the time to power save when using wireless flash (C07) To change the flash range units (C08) Notes on use Temperature Page Specifications Additional Information Trademark