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I. Parts

1. <LINK> indication light: Radio

transmission confirmation lamp

2. LCD panel

3. Function Button 3
4. Function Button 2
5. Function Button 1
6. <MODE>: Flash mode button

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-rel ease button
17. USB port
18. Remote release terminal
19. Contacts
20. Mounting foot

21. Locking pin

22. AF assist light

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Summary of Contents for E3+

Page 1: ...1 Wireless Flash Trigger Transmitter 无线电引闪发射器 ...

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Page 3: ... Safety of Laser Products Class 3R A Class 3R laser is considered safe if handled carefully with restricted beam viewing With a class 3R laser the MPE can be exceeded but with a low risk of injury Visible continuous lasers in Class 3R are limited to 5 mW For other wavelengths and for pulsed lasers other limits apply ...

Page 4: ...e wireless trigger 3 Do not drop or crush 4 Do not use the wireless trigger at flammable explosive or high temperature environment 5 Do not use harsh chemicals or solvents to clean the body Use a soft cloth or lens paper 6 Remove batteries from the wireless trigger if not being used for an extended period 7 Interference The E3 wireless trigger transmits radio signals at 2 4GHz Its performance can ...

Page 5: ...nt has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interfer...

Page 6: ...mitter E3 transmitter is a transmitter for wireless flash shooting It can control up to 5 groups 15units of Canon Speedlites that have a wireless multiple flash shooting function using radio transmission as well as non wireless Canon ETTL Speedlites by using E3 receiver The transmitter supports multiple flash modes and shooting approaches including E TTL II E TTL Manual MULTI Ext A and Linked Shoo...

Page 7: ...h 24 4 ETTL Wireless Multiple Flash Shooting with Flash Ratio 28 5 M Wireless Multiple Flash Shooting with Manual Flash Output 32 6 Multi 33 7 Gr Shooting with a Different Flash Mode for Each Group 35 8 Linked Shooting 37 V Setting Transmitter Functions with Camera Operations 41 VI Customizing the Transmitter 44 1 C Fn Setting Custom Functions 44 2 P Fn Setting Personal Functions 46 VII Trouble Sh...

Page 8: ...t 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 rel ease button 17 USB port 18 Remote release terminal 19 Contacts 20 Mounting foot 21 Locking pin 22 AF assist light 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 19 16 17 18 20 21 22 ...

Page 9: ...re the and battery contacts are correctly oriented as shown Note Please use 2 pieces of AA alkaline batteries or AA type NI MH batteries See Picture 2 3 Replace the battery cover and push back into the locked position Attaching and Detaching the E3 Transmitter Attaching the E3 transmitter to the camera hot shoe 1 Turn off the camera and E3 transmitter 2 Align the E3 transmitter hot shoe with camer...

Page 10: ...he mounting foot lock lever to the right until the lock lever clicks in place See picture 3 Picture 3 Detaching the E3 transmitter 1 Lock release press the lock release button while slide the lock lever all the way back to the left see picture 4 2 Slide the E3 transmitter out of camera s hot shoe mount Picture 4 ...

Page 11: ...the other end of the USB cable to E3 transmitter s USB port A mobile device icon will be displayed on the computer when successfully connected 2 Double click to start the upgrade software The upgrade software can be used to check version info and upgrade the Base software RF software and Icon Click Version icon the current version information of the connected E3 transmitter will be displayed in th...

Page 12: ...ing to upgrade the E3 transmitter Loss of computer power during the upgrade process could fail the upgrading Check Version Info on E3 Transmitter You can check the present version information on E3 transmitter While pressing the power button to turn on the transmitter press the flash button simultaneously until the version info is displayed on the LCD screen Charge Lamp Test Flash Button 1 The cha...

Page 13: ...s since 2012 excluding EOS 1200D do not need to use shutter release cable 2 EOS cameras before 2012 which are compatible with E TTL II E TTL autoflash and come with N3 type remote terminal EOS shutter release cable will be needed for remote release 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...

Page 14: ...Assist Light In low light contrast situation the E3 transmitter s built in Auto Focus Assist Light will illuminate to assist with AF The AF Assist Light on the front of the transmitter will project a focusing target on the subject As laser light the AF assist light is featured little decay great directionality and assist performance You can choose to enable or disable the AF assist light by settin...

Page 15: ...ved are set 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 ca...

Page 16: ... C RATIO A B RATIO OFF A B ratio setting 8 1 1 8 in 1 2 stop increments C Fn 01 22 P Fn 01 08 3EV in 1 3 stop increments Scan the radio reception status and set the master unit s transmission channel automatically or manually 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3EV in 1 3 stop increments Sync mode Firing group Multi stroboscopic flash frequency Multi stroboscopic flash number No display 1 500Hz 1 100times ...

Page 17: ...orm different flash modes Find details about the five flash modes as following 1 ETTL ETTL II Autoflash Custom Functions Radio transmission wireless shooting FEB and FEB sequence Flash exposure compensation and flash exposure compensation amount E TTL II E TTL autoflash RATIO RATIO OFF RATIO A B RATIO A B C Firing group Flash ratio Master Beep Sync speed warning High speed sync Slave flash ready P...

Page 18: ...16 2 Manual Flash 3 Stroboscopic Flash M Manual Manual Flash Output MULTI Multi Stroboscopic Number of flashes Flash frequency ...

Page 19: ...17 4 Group Firing 5 Linked Shooting Gr Firing Group Three flash modes optional ETTL M Ext A SLAVE Slave unit MASTER Master unit LINKED SHOT Linked Shooting ...

Page 20: ... Canon Speedlites compatible with radio transmission wireless shooting makes it easy to shoot with advanced wireless multiple flash lighting in the same way as normal E TTL II E TTL auto flash shooting The settings of the transmitter attached to the camera master are automatically reflected on the flash that is wirelessly controlled slave Therefore you do not need to operate the slave unit while s...

Page 21: ...lso be different For details see the instruction manual of E3 receiver 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 that you use Wireless Settings To perform wireless shooting set the E3 transmitter master unit and flash sl...

Page 22: ...nd ID for both the master unit and slave unit For the slave unit settings see the flash s instruction manual 3 1 Press function button 4 until is displayed 3 2 Set a channel Press function button 1 corresponding to turn to select from Ch 1 15 or Auto and press button to finish the setting 3 3 Set wireless radio ID Press function button 2 corresponding to turn to select the digit to be set and pres...

Page 23: ...ster unit s transmission channel automatically or manually When the channel is set to AUTO the channel with the best reception signal is automatically set When setting the channel manually you can set the transmission channel again while referring to the scan results 4 1 Scanning while AUTO is set Press function button 4 to display and then function button 3 corresponding to The channel is reset t...

Page 24: ...gnal Turn to select from Ch 1 to 15 and press button to return to shooting ready state The color of lamp changes depending on the transmission status of the master unit and the slave unit 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 If the wireless radio IDs of the master unit and ...

Page 25: ...ctly the same number 1 3 Position the camera and the slave unit within the range of wireless radio transmission 1 4 Set the flash mode to Press the button on master and set the flash mode to The slave unit is set automatically to during shooting via the control form the master unit For slave units that use E3 receiver flashes on the receiver need not to set to wireless slave mode but the need to b...

Page 26: ...t When you need more flash output or you want to perform lighting more easily you can increase the number of slave units and fire them as a single flash To add slave units use the same procedure as Autoflash Shooting Using One Slave Unit Set A B or C as the firing group The flash will not fire if it is set to D or E When the number of the slave units is increased automatic control is performed to ...

Page 27: ... 2 Press function button 2 corresponding to is displayed and flash compensation amount is highlighted 1 3 Set the flash compensation amount Turn to set the flash compensation amount and press button 1 4 0 3 indicates 1 3 stops and 0 7 indicates 2 3 stops 1 5 To cancel flash exposure compensation return the compensation amount to 0 Note 1 By setting C Fn13 you can choose to set the flash compensati...

Page 28: ... flash output The settable range is up to 3 stops in 1 3 stop increments 2 1 Press function button 4 until is displayed 2 2 Press function button 3 corresponding to is displayed and the FEB level display is highlighted 2 3 Set the FEB level turn to set FEB level and press button 2 4 0 3 indicates 1 3 stops and 0 7 indicates 2 3 stops 2 5 When used together with flash exposure FEB shooting is perfo...

Page 29: ...eed Sync With the high speed sync function the flash can synchronize with all shutter speeds This is convenient when you want to use aperture priority AE for fill flash portraits of a subject High speed sync function is available for EOS digital cameras since 2012 only 3 1 Press function button 4 until is displayed 3 2 Press function button 2 corresponding to will be displayed on the screen ...

Page 30: ...re master units the color of the lamp varies depending on the order in which the power was turned on The first master main master is green and the second subsequent masters sub masters are orange ETTL Wireless Multiple Flash Shooting with Flash Ratio 1 Autoflash shooting with Two Slave Groups You can divide the slave units into two firing groups A and B and adjust the lighting balance flash ratio ...

Page 31: ...lay Press function button 2 corresponding to to set to 1 3 Set the flash ratio Press function button 3 corresponding to and again press the function button 3 while it is corresponding to turn to set the flash ratio and press button Press function button 4 corresponding to to return to shooting ready state ...

Page 32: ...ethod is the same as Autoflash Shooting with Two Slave Groups At the ratio mode group A and B can be set by flash ratio Group C is independent with its flash output level assigned by the camera 2 1 Set a flash as firing group C For the slave unit settings see the flash s instruction manual 2 2 Press the master unit s function button 4 to display Press function button 2 corresponding to to set to 2...

Page 33: ...return to shooting ready state 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 ...

Page 34: ... with a different flash output setting for each slave unit firing group Set all the parameters on the master unit 1 Press button to set the flash mode to 2 Set the number of firing group While is displayed press function button 2 corresponding to to set the groups to fire The setting changes as follows each time pressing the button ALL A B A B C 3 Select a firing group Press function button 3 corr...

Page 35: ...l groups 5 Take the picture Each group fires at the set flash output MULTI Stroboscopic Flash Stroboscopic flash is an advanced manual flash shooting method When using stroboscopic flash with a slow shutter speed you can shoot multiple successive movements within a single picture similar to stop motion pictures In stroboscopic flash set the flash output number of flashes and flash frequency number...

Page 36: ...age 3 Set the flash frequency and number of flashes When is displayed press function button 2 corresponding to turn to set the number of flashes and press button 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 E3 receiver does not support MULTI mode ...

Page 37: ...d users 1 Set the flash mode to Press button on master unit to set the flash mode to 2 Set the firing group on the slave units Operate and set the slave units one by one and set a firing group A B C D E for all the slave units For slave unit settings see the flash or wireless receiver s instruction manual 3 Set the flash mode Set the flash mode of each firing group by operating the master unit Whi...

Page 38: ...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 when is displayed flash exposure compensation can be set for all groups Repeat step 4 to set the flash function of all groups ...

Page 39: ...master unit camera You can shoot with linked shooting for up to 16 units including both master units and slave units This is convenient when you want to shoot a subject from multiple angles at the same time To shoot with linked shooting attach E3 transmitters to the cameras Besides you can choose to use Canon Speedlites that support radio transmission wireless shooting or Canon ST E3 RT Speedlite ...

Page 40: ...ked 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 ...

Page 41: ...e to set the 4 ID digits one by one Press function button 4 for corresponding to to return to the shooting ready state 3 Set the camera s shooting functions 4 Set all the transmitters Repeat steps 1to3 and set all the transmitters to Master unit or Slave unit in the linked shooting mode Set the Speedlites used in linked shooting in the same way When pressing linked shooting button to change the se...

Page 42: ...linked shooting function the slave unit camera might need a shutter release cable available separately depending on the camera models 1 EOS digital cameras since 2012 excluding EOS 1200D do not need to use shutter release cable 2 EOS cameras before 2012 which are compatible with E TTL II E TTL autoflash and come with N3 type remote terminal EOS shutter release cable will be needed for linked shoot...

Page 43: ...r the camera operations see the camera s instruction manual Examples displayed are EOS 6D menu screen 1 E3 Transmitter Function Setting 1 1 Select External Speedlite control or Flash control 1 2 Select Flash function settings or External flash func setting the screen changes to the external flash function settings screen 1 3 Select an item and set the function The setting screen varies depending o...

Page 44: ...42 2 Settings Available in Flash function settings ...

Page 45: ...n 20 and 22 are not displayed set them by operating the transmitter 3 1 Select Flash C Fn settings or External flash C Fn setting 3 2 Select the Custom Function number and set function 3 3 To clear all the Custom Function settings select Clear all Speedlite C Fn s or Clear ext flash C Fn set in step 1 ...

Page 46: ...customizable functions unique to the E3 transmitter C Fn Setting custom functions 1 Press function button 4 until is displayed on the screen 2 Press and hold the function button 1 corresponding to until Custom Function 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 Press fun...

Page 47: ... after shooting three shots with FEB Disable Set not to automatically cancel FEB after shooting three shots with FEB Set the order of FEB sequence as following 0 Standard exposure Decreased exposure darker Increased exposure brighter Set the order of FEB sequence as following Decreased exposure darker 0 Standard exposure Increased exposure brighter Disable the modeling flash Press the camera s dep...

Page 48: ...yed press function button 1 corresponding to to display Personal Function screen 2 Set the personal function in the same way as step 3 and 4 for the custom function 3 To restore all the default setting of personal function set it in the same way as step 6 for custom function ...

Page 49: ...ooting select green as color of the LCD panel illumination When the E3 transmitter is set as master unit radio transmission wireless shooting linked shooting select orange as color of the LCD panel illumination When the E3 transmitter is set as slave unit linked shooting select orange as color of the LCD panel illumination When the E3 transmitter is set as slave unit linked shooting select green a...

Page 50: ...ck if the slave unit supports radio transmission wireless flash 2 2 Set the slave unit to 2 3 Set the transmission channels and wireless radio IDs of the master unit and slave unit to the same numbers 2 4 Check if the slave unit is within the transmission range of the master unit 2 5 If using E3 receiver please refer to the receiver s manual instruction to check the operation 3 is displayed Set th...

Page 51: ... stroboscopic flash auto external flash metering only when the flash mode is set to Gr 2405 2475Hz Primary modulation OQPSK secondary modulation DS SS Auto Ch 1 15 0000 9999 Up to 5 groups A B C D E up to 15 units 100m 1 8 1 1 8 1 1 2 stop increments 3 stops in 1 3 or 1 2 stop increments 3 stops in 1 3 or 1 2 stop increments when used with flash exposure compensation Press the camera s M Fn FEL or...

Page 52: ... AF assist beam emitter blinks and charge the lamp lights Flash exposure confirmation lamp lights Fired with camera s depth of field preview button Provided 8 4 Peak wavelength Optical power Spot diameter at 1m Operating temperature 2 x AA alkaline batteries or AA NI MH batteries Auto Idle if not operated for 5 min 650nm 5mW Injecting distance 1m L 335mm W 326mm angle of the sector at approx 20º 1...

Page 53: ...ase refer to details of the Three Guarantees policy The Warranty Does Not Apply to 1 Failure to provide invoice the Three Guarantee certificate and other proof to prove that the product is within warranty time of the Three Guarantee service 2 The main unit invoice or the content of the Three Guarantees certificate is inconsistent with the physical goods or has been altered 3 The main unit and acce...

Page 54: ...e at customer s expense AODELAN Customer Service Center s reply shall prevails 2 If you have problems concerning the product usage please submit inquiry on the website Technical advisory service will be provided 3 When the product is confirmed to require repair the products should be properly packaged and sent back to Aodelan company or authorized service center find the mailing address on the web...

Page 55: ...53 Accessory List Aodelan E3 Transmitter 1 PC AA Battery 2 PCS USB Cable 1 PC Manual 1 PC QC Certificate 1 PC Please check the package according to the accessory list ...

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