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Summary of Contents for RoboSHOOT MX-15

Page 1: ...RoboSHOOT X Series USER MANUAL addendum ...

Page 2: ...s 4 Stand Alone Operation 5 Group Assignment on Slaves 5 Customization MX 20 Only 5 Flash Test Modeling Light 6 Flash Exposure Lock 6 Selecting a Profile 7 Multi Master Mode 9 In Camera Control 10 Basic Menu Mode 11 Commander Menu Mode 13 In Camera Control Considerations 15 Focus Beam Catch Light 16 ...

Page 3: ...both TTL and Manual with Flashes in TTL mode Advanced In Camera Flash Group Control Flash Group Profile selection and Edit Focus Beam Catch Light support Modeling Light function Extensive In App settings to control flash group operation and customize functions Full support for External Triggering via optional remote switch or sensors On compatible speedlights and or cameras See compatibility infor...

Page 4: ...Exposure Lock Full Hold to activate Profile Select Bracketing p7 Profile Select on MX 15 Half Click Hold on MX 15 to Test Flashes p6 Half Hold to Activate Modeling Light MX 20 p6 During Profile Select Half Hold to save current profile 2 Side Function Button Click to Clear Active Functions Return to Normal Hold to Toggle Flash Enable Disable Click with camera menu active toggles between basic and c...

Page 5: ...election and Edits Improved Profile Bracketing Sensor Activated Exposures Modeling Light activation MX 20 only shutter release cable may be required Group Assignment on Slaves The slave group defaults to Group A To change a slave to a specific group push and hold the top button fully on that slave Customization MX 20 Only Note Several Features Defaults and Button functions can be customized via Ap...

Page 6: ...pond according to last programmed settings Flash Exposure Lock Flash Exposure Lock FEL is engaged by fully clicking the top button If an exposure was previously taken the reference power may be already available for use Otherwise the next exposure will be used for the reference If a camera mode change occurs exposure mode aperture ISO etc the reference will remain active and set using prior exposu...

Page 7: ...quickly apply the same settings to each subject Experiment with uncertain lighting very quickly for example with Macros In this case RoboSHOOT can bracket across the four profiles automatically MX 20 Profile selection is performed by holding the top button to enter select mode and clicking the same button to select the desired profile While in profile Select Mode the main Red LED is blinking a slo...

Page 8: ...estore Profile values that were present before profile selection was activated Thereby allowing you to save the prior settings to the selected profile If you save a new profile the current group values and zoom modifiers are saved such as Zoom override and Angle if provided by camera Editing is only possible on cameras that support In Camera group control Note by default holding the Top button tog...

Page 9: ...of the camera For example a flash not required for one camera can be disabled for it and enabled for others in use this set automatically according to which camera is active To use Multi Master mode Set all MX units to Multi Master mode see Device Admin in the RoboSHOOT User Manual for information Make sure each MX device is using the same radio channel and the same App settings It is recommended ...

Page 10: ...he X500 where the Basic menu is only available when controlling on camera flash and the Commander menu is only available when controlling off camera flash RoboSHOOT does not distinguish between on camera and off camera Instead all flashes are considered members of groups which may or may not be off camera This gives you more powerful control The Basic menu applies to global control for one or more...

Page 11: ...The Basic menu provides the following controls Flash Enable or Disable M Off with no TTL flash present TTL Off otherwise Multi Strobe not supported TTL Offset Master offset for all TTL groups Manual Power Not supported cannot set manual power for all groups at once use commander menu instead ...

Page 12: ...era settings Sync All modes available with TTL flash present Zoom Usual usage lets you manually set zoom head focal length Angle Usual usage lets you modify zoom head focal length to be wider or narrower than lens or set value LED Enables Catch Light and or Focus beam on assigned group ...

Page 13: ...de Commander Menu The Commander Menu provides the following controls Group Mode Enable or Disable TTL TTL M or Off Multi strobe not supported Group TTL Offset or Group Manual Power o TTL enables setting of overall TTL offset for all groups and Group A Group B balance ...

Page 14: ...oup Assignments this lets you determine the On Camera group assignment And for the MX 20 it can control which group the Auxiliary Catch Focus Light emits from App settings specify how this is done o On Camera flash can be set to Group D Group A or According to the Master Group assignment o Focus Beam Catch light can be sent from On Camera flash All Groups of the Master Group Assignment MX 20 only ...

Page 15: ...l and note these items to be aware of When shooting using M exposure mode the focus beam is not provided by the camera Unsupported modes will be skipped if selected o Multi Strobe flash strobe effect is not supported at the present time It will be skipped if possible when selected and TTL flashes are present o On Basic menu Manual mode is prevented if TTL flashes are present and TTL mode is preven...

Page 16: ...xit commander mode side button Focus Beam Catch Light This utilizes the auxiliary beam of selected compatible speedlights The light is sent the MX unit flash if for the MX 15 For the MX 20 you can specify where it is emitted from as specified in the App s Flash Group Settings Default is On Camera MX unit flash but you can also decide from Camera Assigned group Master in the Commander menu or All g...

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