Phottix Laso TTL Flash Trigger_Transmitter Thank you for purchasing a Phottix Product Note: Before using the Phottix Laso TTL Flash Trigger, please read this instruction manual carefully, while also referring to the instruction manuals of your camera, flash and other relevant devices. Warnings 1. This product is a precise electronic instrument. Do not expose to damp environments or dust. 2. Please shut down the power of all devices when installing the wireless trigger. 3. Do not drop or crush. 4.
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
I.Parts 1. indication light: transmission confirmation lamp 2.LCD panel 3.Function Button 3 4. Function Button 2 5. Function Button 1 6.: Flash mode button Radio 7.< >: Charge lamp/Test flash button; 8.< >: Select/Set button 9.< >: Select dial 10.Mounting foot lock lever 11.Battery compartment cover 12.Function button 4 13. < >: Linked shooting button 14.Power button 15.Flash exposure confirmation lamp 16.Lock-release button 17.USB port 18.Remote release terminal 19.Contacts 20.
II. Preparation before use Installing the batteries 1. Press the battery compartment cover and slide it down as shown to open the battery cover. (Picture 1) 2. Insert the batteries as shown. Make sure the “+” and“-”battery contacts are correctly oriented as shown. (Note: Please use 2 pieces of AA alkaline batteries or AA type NI-MH batteries. (Picture 2) (图一) 3. Replace the battery cover and push back into the locked position.
way back to the left.(see picture 4) 2. Slide the Phottix Laso transmitter out of camera’s hot shoe mount. Turn On/Off the Phottix Laso transmitter 1. Turn On: Press and hold the power button until MENU interface is displayed on screen. 2. Turn off: Press and hold the power button until the LCD screen goes blank. Note: When is displayed, please replace the batteries with new ones.
and come with N3 type remote terminal EOS, a shutter release cable will be needed for linked shooting. Test Flash from a slave unit You can fire a test flash from a flash set as a slave unit. For operations, see the flash’s instruction manual. Note: When two or more units are set to master, the unit with the lamp lit in green is the one that fires. Modeling Flash 1.
Clearing Transmitter Settings You can return the settings for wireless shooting to their default settings. Press function button 2 and 3 simultaneously for 2 seconds or longer, the transmitter setting are cleared and the shooting mode returns to flash mode. Note that even when the settings are cleared, the transmission channel, the wireless radio ID and the C.Fn and P.Fn settings are not canceled. III. MENU Functions 1. FEB level ±3EV(in 1/3-stop increments) 2.
LCD Display Phottix Laso transmitter’s LCD display comes with five modes: ETTL、M、MULTI、 Gr and LINKED SHOT. You can cycle through “ETTL、M、MULTI、Gr” by pressing >button, you can switch the LCD to display LINKED button. And by pressing and holding < SHOT. Different display settings come to perform different flash modes. Find details about the five flash modes as following: 1.
2. Manual Flash M: Manual Flash Manual Flash Output 3.
4. Group Firing Gr: Firing Group Three flash modes optional: ETTL、M、Ext.A 5. Linked Shooting :SLAVE, Slave unit; LINKED SHOT: Linked MASTER, Master unit; Shooting Note: 1) The display will show only the settings currently applied.
2) The functions displayed above function buttons 1 to 4, such as , change according to the settings’ status. 3) When a button or dial is operated, the LCD panel illuminates. and IV. Wireless Flash Shooting: Radio Transmission Note: The transmitter attached to the camera is called the master unit, and a flash that is wirelessly controlled is called the slave unit. When the camera’s shooting mode is set to fully automatic mode or an Image Zone mode, the operations below are not available.
2) When performing radio transmission wireless flash shooting, restrictions may apply to the flash mode, maximum flash sync speed (referred to below as the “flash sync speed”) and high-speed sync function, depending on the camera used. Wireless Settings To perform wireless shooting, set the Phottix Laso transmitter(master unit)and flash (slave unit)with the following procedure. 1. Master unit setting: Check that is displayed. 2.
digits one by one. Press function button 4 for corresponding to to return to the shooting-ready state. 5. When the transmission between the master unit and slave unit is established, the lamp lights green. 4. Scanning the Master Unit Transmission Channels to Set Phottix Laso transmitter is able to scan the radio reception status and set the master unit’s transmission channel automatically or manually.
The color of lamp changes depending on the transmission status of the master unit and the slave unit. Color Status Description Action Green Lit Transmission OK - Lit No connected Check the channel and ID Too many units Master Units + slave units = or less Error Turn the power off and on again Red Blinking 16units Note: 1).If the transmission channels of the master unit and slave unit are different, the slave unit does not fire. Set both to the same number, or set both to “AUTO”. 2).
When the recycling of all the flash units is completed, the master units’ charge lamp lights on. 1.6 Check the operation: Press the master unit’s test flash button (charge lamp). The slave unit flash will fire. If no, check that it is placed within the operation range. 1.7 Take the picture: Set the camera and take the picture, in the same way as with normal flash shooting. If a standard flash exposure was obtained, the flash exposure confirmation lamp lights up (blue) for 2 sec. 2.
turning < > only, without operating function button 2 . 2. If the camera’s exposure compensation is set to 1/2-stop increments, flash exposure compensation will be up to ±stops in 1/2-stop increments. 3. FEB With FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing) function, you can take three shots while automatically changing the flash output. The settable range is up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments. 1. Press function button 4 until is displayed. 2.
4. FEL: FE Lock FE (Flash Exposure) lock locks the correct flash exposure setting for any part of the scene. Perform FE lock by operating the camera. For the operation, see the camera and flash’s instruction manual. 5. About Master Units You can use two or more master units (master units + slave units = maximum of 16 units). By preparing multiple cameras with master units attached, you can shoot by changing cameras while keeping the same lighting (slave units).
1.5 Take the picture: the slave unit flash at the set flash ratio. A B 2. Autoflash Shooting with Thee Slave Groups You can add firing group C to firing groups A and B. C is convenient to set lighting so as to eliminate the subject’s shadow. The setting method is the same as “Autoflash Shooting with Two Slave Groups” , group A and B can be set by flash ratio. Group C is At the ratio mode independent with its flash output level assigned by the camera. 2.
A:B C 3. Slave Group Control If you need more flash output or wish to perform more sophisticated lighting, you can increase the number of slave units. Simply set an additional slave unit to the firing group (A、B or C)whose flash output you want to increase. You can increase the number of slave units up to 15 units in total. For example, if you set a firing group with three slave units to A, the three units are controlled as a single firing group A with a large flash output.
1.Press button to set the flash mode to 2.Set the number of firing group: While is displayed, press function button 2 to set the groups to fire. corresponding to The setting changes as follows each time pressing the button: ALL( →A/B/C( )→A/B ( ) ). 3.Select a firing group: Press function button 3 corresponding to , turn< > to select the group for which you want to set the flash output, and press < >button. 4.
Press function button 3 corresponding to , turn< > to set the flash frequency and press< >button. Note 1. High speed sync function is not available when using stroboscopic flash. 2. Phottix Laso receiver does not support MULTI mode. When master unit is set to MULTI mode, the slave unit that uses Phottix Laso receiver does not fire.
4. Set the flash output or flash exposure compensation amount While a firing group is selected, press function button 3 corresponding to <*±>, turn < > to set the flash function corresponding to the flash mode, and press< > button. When using the mode, set the flash output. When using the or, set the flash exposure compensation amount as required. Press function button corresponding to exposure compensation can be set for all groups.
Slave Slave Master Linked shooting setting 1. Set to linked shooting mode Press and hold linked shooting button until is displayed. Linked shooting mode’s “Slave unit” is set; Press linked shooting button again to set “Master unit” of linked shooting mode. 2. Set the channel and ID Set the channel by pressing function button 2 corresponding to , turn < > to select the channel and press < >button.
linked shooting mode. Set the Speedlites used in linked shooting in the same way. When pressing linked shooting button to change the setting of a unit from “Slave unit” to “Master Unit”, the other transmitter (or Speedlites) that were set to “Master Unit” until then automatically switch to “Slave unit. 5. Set up the slave unit cameras Check that the lamp of the slave unit lights green and place all the slave units within master unit’s the radio transmission range. 6.
1.Select [External Speedlite control]or[Flash control]. 2.Select[Flash function settings]or[External flash func. setting], the screen changes to the(external)flash function settings screen 3.Select an item and set the function.(The setting screen varies depending on the camera) 2.
Wireless flash functions 1/3-stop increments. Radio transmission wireless flash shooting is set automatically.(*For EOS digital camera released since 2012). (setting) Clear Speedlite function settings You can restore Phottix Laso transmitter to their default settings 3. Transmitter Custom Function Settings The displayed contents vary depending on the camera. If C.Fn-20 and 22 are not displayed, set them by operating the transmitter. 1. Select[Flash C.Fn settings]or[External flash C.Fn setting] 2.
Zone mode, the operations below are not available. Please set the camera’s shooting mode to P/Tv/Av/M/B(Creative Zone mode. 1. C.Fn: Setting custom functions 1.Press function button 4 until is displayed on the screen. until Custom Function 2.Press and hold the function button 1 corresponding to screen is displayed. 3.Turn< >to select an item(number) to set, and press< >button to display the setting. 4.Turn< >to select the setting, and press< > button to confirm the selection 5.
Set the order of FEB sequence as following: - : Decreased exposure(darker) 0: Standard exposure + : Increased exposure(brighter) : Test firing with autoflash : Flash exposure metering setting : Beep : LCD panel illumination Set the flash output as 1/32 when firing the test flash in E-TTLⅡ/E-TTL autoflash Set the flash output as 1/1 when firing the test flash in E-TTLⅡ/E-TTL autoflash Turn< >and press button function corresponding to to perform flash exposure compensation Turn< >directly to perform f
display contrast When the Phottix Laso transmitter is set as master unit ( radio transmission wireless shooting, linked shooting), select green as color :LCD panel illumination color: Master of the LCD panel illumination. When the Phottix Laso transmitter is set as master unit ( radio transmission wireless shooting, linked shooting), select orange as color of the LCD panel illumination.
Then it starts loading the new firmware. 1.3 The status of the upgrade will be displayed in the process bar. When completed, an “Updata OK”will be displayed at the bottom of the upgrade software window, and a “Download OK” will be displayed on the transmitter’s LCD screen. Upon completion, disconnect the USB cable and restart the Phottix Laso transmitter. Note: Please ensure stable power supply when attempting to upgrade the Phottix Laso transmitter..
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