Wireless flash shooting
1. 2.4GHz Radio Transmission
YN685EX-RF is compatible with YONGNUO RF radio trigger system, and it
can be used as a master unit or a slave unit during radio flash shooting.
When used as a master unit, it can remotely control the flash mode,
flash output and focal length of the slave units YN685EX-RF,YN650EX-RF,
YN320EX,YN720,YN560 III,YN560 IV,YN660,YN685(II),YN862.
When used as a slave unit, it can receive the radio triggering signal from
a flash trigger (such as RF602, RF603, YN560-TX Pro, etc.) or flash (such
as YN685EX-RF,YN650EX-RF,YN320EX,YN560 IV,YN660,YN862, etc.) with
602/603 master control function. If supported by the master control unit,
the flash mode, flash output and focal length can be changed remotely
through the master control unit.
•Master Unit, Slave Unit Settings
Flash mounted on top of the
camera, turn on the power, set the 「Wireless
Flash」 menu on the camera to “On” . For
more information, please refer to the camera
instructions.
Long press the [MODE] button to enter
the trigger mode selection interface, rotate
the [Dial] and select< SLAVE>, press [SET] to
save the settings.
•Select Radio Signal
Enter the custom option C.Fn 05 and set the
radio signal to RF602 or RF603. During the
triggering process, please ensure that the
radio signals of the master control unit and
the slave unit are set to be consistent,
otherwise the flash cannot be triggered.
•Transmission Channel/Radio ID Settings
If there are other photographers using radio wireless multiple flash
shooting or other radio equipment in public, you can change the
transmission channel and ID to avoid interference. YN685EX-RF has 16
physical channels and 10,000 IDs to choose.
If there are other photographers using radio wireless multiple flash
During the radio transmission wireless shooting process, please ensure
that the transmission channel and ID of the master unit and the slave unit
are set to the same, otherwise the flash will not be triggered normally.
If the master unit or slave unit used does not support ID setting, please
set the ID of YN685EX-RF to 0000.
shooting or other radio equipment in public, you can change the
transmission channel and ID to avoid
interference. YN685EX-RF has 16 physical
channels and 10,000 IDs to choose.
Set the channel:
Short press the function
button [CH] to enter the channel setting
interface, turn the [dial] to select the
appropriate channel from 1 to 16, short press
[SET] to save the setting.
Set ID:
Short press the function button 【ID】
to enter the ID setting interface, short press
the function button [←] or [→] to select the
number of ID digits, turn the [dial] to select
the desired number from 0 to 9, and short
press the 【SET】 button to save the settings.
•The Master Flash ON or Forbid Flash
When YN685EX-RF is used as the master control unit for radio wireless
flash photography, you can choose whether the master unit participates
in the flash. When the flash setting of the master flash is ON, the master
unit will participate in the flash as a group A flash.
Setting method:
Short press the function
button [ ] to select whether the main
control unit participates in the flash. When
the master controller participates in the flash,
it displays , and when the master controller
does not participate in the flash, it displays .
•Slave Unit Grouping Setting
On the slave unit, short press the [Gr] button
to switch the flash to the group you want to
set. There are 5 groups A/B/C/D/E for the
slave unit to choose from.
•Slave Unit Flash Parameter Setting
When used as a slave unit, the parameters can be set directly on this
flash, or the parameters can be changed remotely through the master
control unit. The method of directly setting the flash mode, flash output,
and flash coverage on this flash is the same as that of a normal
on-camera flash. To remotely set the parameters of the slave unit, you
only need to set the flash mode, flash output, and flash coverage of the
corresponding group on the master control unit and all the settings will
be synchronized to the group of slave unit flashes.
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