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Remote Flash Photography
Remote Flash Photography
The camera can be used with one or more remote flash units
(Advanced Wireless Lighting, or AWL). For information on using
a flash unit mounted on the camera accessory shoe, see “On-
Camera Flash Photography” (
Remote flash units can be controlled via optical signals from a
flash unit mounted on the camera accessory shoe (
optical AWL
)
or via radio signals from a WR-R10 (available separately)
connected to the camera (
radio AWL
). These forms of flash
control can be combined as follows:
•
Radio AWL with one or more remote flash
units (
•
Optical AWL with one or more remote flash
units (
•
Radio AWL with additional lighting
provided by a shoe-mounted flash unit
(
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Throughout this chapter, operations involving an accessory connected
to the camera are indicated by
C
, operations involving remote flash
units by
f
. For more information on
f
, see the manual provided with
the flash unit.
Using Remote Flash Units