Optical Transmission Wireless Settings

E-TTL II / E-TTL During optical transmission wireless flash shooting with autoflash photography, use the following steps to set the sender and receiver.

Sender Settings

  1. Select Wireless / linked shooting setting with the joystick.

  2. Set to Optical transmission wirelessSENDER.

    • Press the joystick up, down, left, or right, or turn Select dial and select Optical transmission wirelessSENDER, then press the joystick vertically.

  3. Select the firing method.

    • Push the joystick vertically.
    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select item (1), then push the joystick vertically.
    • Push the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select from ALL A:B A:B C, then push the joystick vertically (, ).

Receiver Settings

  1. Set to Optical transmission wirelessRECEIVER.

    • Operate and set the flash you want to set as the receiver unit.
    • Select Optical transmission wirelessRECEIVER in the same way as for the sender unit setting.

Caution

  • To perform normal flash photography, select WIRELESS OFF to clear the sender settings.

Setting the Transmission Channel

Follow the procedure below to set the communication channel of the sender unit. The channel set should be the same for the sender unit and receiver unit. For details on the receiver operation procedure, refer to the Instruction Manual of the Speedlite equipped with the optical transmission wireless receiver function.

  1. Push the joystick vertically.

  2. Select an item in (1).

    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right, or turn Select dial to select a channel item, then push the joystick vertically.

  3. Set a transmission channel.

    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select from Ch. 1 to 4, then push the joystick vertically.

Caution

  • If the transmission channels of the sender unit and receiver unit are different, the receiver unit will not fire. Set both to the same number.

Sender Unit(s) Flash Firing ON / OFF

You can set whether or not to fire the sender unit as a wireless flash that controls the receiver unit. When sender flash firing is turned ON, the flash fires as firing group A.

  1. Push the joystick vertically.

  2. Select an item in (1).

    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select an item, and push the joystick vertically.

  3. Set sender flash firing.

    • Push the joystick to the left or right or turn Select dial to select sender flash firing ON / OFF, then push the joystick vertically.
      • Sender flash firing ON: Sender flash firing ON
      • Sender flash firing OFF: Sender flash firing OFF

Caution

  • Even when sender flash firing is set to OFF, the flash firing for controlling the receiver unit (optical transmission) is performed. Therefore, depending on the shooting conditions, the flash fired for controlling the receiver unit may be captured in the picture.

Memory Function

You can save the wireless settings to the sender unit and receiver unit and recall the settings later. Operate each sender or receiver unit individually to save or recall its settings.

  1. Press the SUB MENU button.

  2. Select MEMORY.

    • Press the joystick up, down, left, or right, or turn Select dial and select MEMORY, then press the joystick vertically.

  3. Save or load the settings.

    Save

    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select SAVE to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select OK to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • The settings are saved (stored in the memory).

    Load

    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select LOAD to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select OK to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • The settings that were saved are set.