Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product EF-530 Sigma
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14 ENGLISH Thank you very much for purchasing the Sigm a EF-530 DG SUPER EO-TTL II Electronic Flash. This product is specifically developed for the Canon E OS series SLR cameras. Depending on the camera model, functions and operation may vary . Please read this instruction booklet carefully .
15 DESCRIPTION OF THE P ARTS EXTERNAL P ARTS 1.Flash Head 2.Built-in Wide Panel 3.AF Auxiliary Light 4.Bounce Angle; Up and Down 5.Bounce Angle; Right and Left 6.B ounce Lock and Release Button; Up and Down 7.Swivel Lock and Release Button; Right and Left 8.
16 If it still blinks after this procedure, check the battery power. ADJUSTING THE FLASH HEAD Depress the Bounce “Up and Down” Lock and Releas e Button and adjust the flash head to the desired positio n.
17 2. Turn on the power switch of the flash, the ETTL (TTL) mark will appear on the LCD panel and the flash will start charging. 3. Focus on your subject. 4. Check that the sub ject is located within the effective distance range indicated on the LCD panel.
18 5. The manual flash output display will stop blinking and remain displayed after you press the SEL button again. 6. Adjust t he focusing by pressing the shutt er button, note the subjec t distance on the focus ring on the lens.
19 FE LOCK “FE” lock mode allows you to choose and lock the exposure before taking the picture. 1. Set the camera’s exposure mode (“P”, “T v”, “Av”, “M” or “DEP”). 2. Set the flash’s mode to the E-TTL or the High S peed S ync.
20 MUL TI FLASH MODE While the shutter is open, the flash will fire repeatedly . By doing so a series of images of the subject will be exposed in one frame. A bright subject with a dark background shows more effectively in this mode. It is possible to set the firing frequency between 1Hz and 199H z.
21 Channel Setting When other people are using Wireless Flash mode near you, your flash m ay be connected with the other person’s flash and your flash may fire. In this circumstance, please set a different channel for your flash from that of the other person’s .
22 ◆ If the flash ratio is indicated as or , press the + or - button until 1:1 is displayed. 4. Place the Slave Unit at the desire d position. 5. Make sure that the Master Un it and Slave Unit have both been charged. ◆ Master Unit’s Ready Light is lit and Slave Unit’s AF Auxiliary Light is blinking.
23 Wireless Flash Exposure Compensation 1. Please set master flash unit to the Wireless Flash Mode. 2. Press the SEL button to make mark blink. 3. Press the + or - button to set the flash exposure comp ensation amount. 4. Press the SEL button several times to m ake exposure compensation indicator appear.
24 ◆ If there are only two slave units, please se lect the indicator at step 3 ( step 9 and step 10 should be omitted). Wireless Multi Flash Set the master flash unit as follows. 1. Follow the procedure for Changing the Wireless M ode , and set to the MUL TI ／ mar k.
25 Designated Slave Flash If using two or more EF-530 DG Super fla sh units, you can designate which flash will fire together by using the channel settings. In this mode, one flash unit will be used as the S lave Controller and the others for firing as Slaves.
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