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IDENTIFICATION OF PARTS
(Figure 1)
1. Battery Cover
2. Locking Wheel
3. Hot-Shoe
4. External Power Jack
5. Focusing Light
6. Flash Sensor
7. Flash Head Lens
8. Diffusion Screen
9. Bounce Card
10. Tilt Angle Scale
11. Display Screen
12. Clear Buttons (both pressed)
13. Right Clear Button
14. Zoom Button/Wireless Settings
15. On-Off Button
16. Keypad
17. Flash Test/Charge Light Button
18. Mode Button
19. Back-light/Function Button
20. PC Jack
21. Wireless Select Button
1
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for your purchase of this Ritz Gear high-performance,
feature-packed flashgun. It’s like a flashgun of yesteryear on steroids.
It looks like an ordinary camera-mounted flash, but the
enhancements built in to this light source make it anything
but ordinary.
This flash features a built-in diffusion screen and white bounce card.
It operates with through-the-lens cameras or cameras equipped with
PC synchronization. It can also serve as a wireless master or slave
when using multiple flash units. In addition, it provides eight power
levels of light and can be set to keep up with rapid fire exposures
of eight frames per second.
Before operating the flash, please read all of the following instructions
and keep them in a safe place for future reference.
Safety Precautions
1 Be sure batteries are inserted correctly. Refer to Section 3
Battery
Installation.
2 The flashgun is to remain dry at all times; do not use the flashgun in
the rain; store it in a non-humid environment and do not spray or
pour liquid cleaners onto the flashgun.
3 When necessary, wipe the exterior with a clean, soft, dry cloth. If
some dirt or stain can’t be removed with a dry cloth, apply a small
amount of water or liquid cleaner to the cleaning cloth and rub the
surface
clean.
4 Do not fire the flash into a person’s eyes if the flash is closer than
three feet from the person.
5 Do not attempt to disassemble or otherwise repair the flashgun.
Extremely high voltage is used to ignite the flash tube, and that
voltage may remain in a charged capacitor.
6 Keep the flashgun away from small children.
7 As batteries age, they are susceptible to leaking their chemicals
and corroding battery terminals.
If the flashgun is not to be used for a month or more, remove
the
batteries.
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BATTERY INSTALLATION
1 Slide the battery compartment cover down in the direction of the
small
arrow.
2 Flip the door up 90°.
3 Insert 4 x AA alkaline batteries following the polarity markings
stamped into the metal contacts on the inside of the door.
NOTE: The most economical battery to use is a size AA (1.5-volts)
marked “alkaline.” Priced slightly higher is size AA (1.5-volts)
“lithium.” A third choice is size AA “nickel metal-hydride” which
provides only 1.2-volts. They lose their charge sooner than the
previous two types, but they are rechargeable.
An alternative to batteries is to use an external power adapter (not
included) which plugs into the power receptacle located on the
bottom-front of the flashgun. It will provide the fastest recycle
times, but requires a 120-volt cord between a wall outlet and
the
flashgun.
4 From top to bottom, the positive terminal should be facing out,
then a negative terminal, then positive, and negative facing out in
the last position.
5 Close the Battery Compartment Cover, Item 1 to compress the
batteries then slide it up until it locks in place.
NOTE: It is recommended that the flashgun be in its OFF position
when inserting or removing batteries.
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MOUNT THE FLASHGUN ON YOUR CAMERA
1 Loosen the Locking Wheel, Item 2 at the bottom of the flashgun
and turn it so it’s as far as possible above its Hot-Shoe, Item 3.
2 Slide the flashgun all the way into the camera’s hot-shoe mount.
3 To secure the flashgun in place, turn the Locking Wheel, Item 2
downward until it’s tight against the camera’s hot-shoe.
5
Use the chart below to help you select the number of times you
can fire the flash during a single exposure.
6 Since the frequency is already set at 8-Hz, we’ll continue with this
example: let’s program 1/8 power and two flashes per exposure.
7 Press the center button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 repeatedly
until the frequency begins flashing (already set to 8-Hz) then press
the center button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 to set the next
column
blinking.
8 Use the left and right buttons of the Keypad Button, Item 16 to set
the number of flashes to “2” then press the center button again to
flash the power output level.
9 Use the left and right buttons to set the power level to “1/8” then
press the center button to store all three numbers.
10 Press and hold the Flash Test Button, Item 17 and the video head
will flash twice and stop, verifying you’ll get two flashes during a
single
exposure.
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E-TTL MODE OPERATION
1 Press the On/Off Button, Item 15 for 3-sec to turn on the flashgun.
2 Press the Mode Button, Item 18 repeatedly until “E-TTL” is
displayed on the top line of the screen.
3 The flashgun is ready to go, taking all its commands and settings
from the camera. Just point and shoot.
4 If the flash exposure is a bit too bright or too dark, you can make
fine-tuned adjustments to the exposure value (EV) by pressing the
left and right buttons on the Keypad Button, Item 16. There are 9
values below zero and 9 values above zero (-3.0 to +3.0).
For a Nikon camera, press its “FV” button. (Refer to your camera
manufacturer’s instruction booklet for detailed procedures regarding
the locking of the flash to a particular object in the scene.)
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MANUAL MODE OPERATION
Use this mode to control every feature of the flash.
1 Press the Mode Button, Item 18 until the “M” appears on the top
line of the display.
2 Decide what percentage of the flash’s light you want to use on the
subject. There are eight possible values which appear on the second
line of the display and range between full power (1/1) to the least
power
(1/128).
3 To choose a power level, press the left or right button in the Keypad
Button, Item 16.
4 Once a value is selected, it can be fine tuned even further by
choosing an exposure value (EV) for the power level. Choices
include: 0EV, +.3EV, +.7EV and in the opposite direction: 0EV, -.3EV
and
-7EV.
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MULTI MODE (STROBOSCOPIC)
Use this mode to spray a moving subject, such as a golf swing, with
rapid short-burst pulses of light to capture the subject in up to eight
successive positions on one frame.
1 Press the Mode Button, Item 18 successively until the word “Multi”
appears on the top line of the display.
2 Next, set the frequency of the flash (the number of times per
second that the light will flash during each firing of the light) by
pressing the center button of the Keypad Button, Item 16.
3 The frequency in hertz (Hz) will begin flashing. At this time, press
the left or right buttons of the Keypad Button, Item 16 to set the
time between flashes. For now, set the frequency to 8Hz.
4 Press the center button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 to store the
number and begin the blinking of the number of times the unit will
flash.
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WHAT THE BUTTONS DO
1 Refer to Figure 1 for the locations of each item listed in this section.
2 Press the On/Off Button, Item 15 for 3-sec to turn the flash on and
press again for 3-sec to turn it off.
3 The Mode Button, Item 18 loops through three settings: E-TTL, M
(manual),
Multi.
4 There are two Clear Buttons, Item 12 which, when pressed together,
will cancel all previous button selections and put the flashgun in the
fully
automatic
TTL
mode.
5 The Light Button, Item 17, has two functions: when pressed quickly,
it turns the display panel light on for 15-sec. During that time,
another quick press will turn the light off. Holding the button down
for 2-sec will change the display to the custom settings function
screen. (See Section 13 Custom Settings.)
6 To manually change the beam spread of the light to match the focal
length of a given lens, quickly press the Zoom Button, Item 14. The
focal length value in the lower-right corner of the display will flash
for 6-sec. During that time, press the left or right Keypad Button,
Item 16, to select the focal length of the lens in use. Pressing the
left button will decrease the value; the right button will increase the
value. Values range from 18-mm to 180-mm. To set the value into
memory, quickly press the Zoom Button, Item 14, press the center
button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 or wait 6-sec and the value
will be entered automatically. In any case, the focal length value
displayed in the lower-right corner will stop flashing.
7 The exposure value (EV) of the flash can be adjusted between 0
and +3EV and between 0 and -3EV. To select an EV, press the Mode
Button, Item 18 to put the flash in the E-TTL mode. Next, press the
left or right button on the Keypad Button, Item 16. The left button
will decrease the value; the right button will increase the value.
8 A “Flash Exposure Lock” feature allows you to set the correct flash
exposure for any part of the scene being photographed. Set the
flashgun to the E-TTL mode. If you’re using a Canon camera, press
its “FE” button. If your Canon camera doesn’t have an “FE” button,
press the flash exposure lock button as indicated with this symbol:
“ ”
Flash Power and Time of Flash Relationship Table
Flash
Output
Power
1/128
1/64
1/32
1/16
1/8
1/4
Flash
Time
1-40
1-20
1-12
1-8
1-4
1-2
8 Do not use a flashgun in areas of propane, gasoline vapors or dust.
Doing so can cause an explosion and/or fire.
9 Do not recharge carbon-zinc, manganese or alkaline batteries. Non-
rechargeables may overheat, swell, and leak corrosive chemicals.
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E-TTL MODE WITH RADIO TRIGGERING (MASTER)
1 Press the Mode Button Item 18 repeatedly until “E_TTL” is
displayed on the top line of the screen.
2 Press the Wireless Select Button, Item 21.
3 The bottom of the screen will display icons of an active radio
antenna and a flashgun with a zig-zag arrow pointing outward.
“MASTER” is displayed in the center of the screen; under it are
two columns, one labeled “CH.” and the other is “RATIO.”
4 It is necessary that the Master and all Slave units are tuned to the
same channel of operation. Let’s set the channel number to “2.”
5 Press the Zoom Button Item 14 once; a numeric value of a focal
length begins blinking. Press the button again to start the
“CH.”
blinking.
6 To select channel 2 operation, press the right button of the Keypad
Button, Item 16 once. To stop the blinking and to enter the number
2, press the center button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 or wait
5-sec for the number to enter itself.
7 Next, set the Master by pressing the Zoom Button Item 14 until
the icon of the flashgun in the lower left corner of the display
begins
blinking.
8 Now, press the left or right button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 as
necessary to display the icon of the flashgun with light rays in front
of the light head as shown here…
9 Press the center button of the Keypad Button, Item 16 to store the
Master
mode.
10 The flashgun is now sitting atop your camera as a Master flash.
Additional flashguns with radio trigger capability should be
programmed to act as slaves on channel 2 (See Section 10.).
5 To save the adjusted value in memory, press the center button on
the Keypad Button, Item 16.
6 Pressing the up and down buttons on the Keypad Button, Item 16
allows you to fine tune the value set in Step 4 to any of 9 values
between .3 and 3.0 [.3, .7, 1, 1.3, 1.7, 2.0, 2.3, 2.7, 3].
7 To save the adjusted value in memory, press the center button of
the Keypad Button, Item 16.
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