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3. Operation
3.1 Device ON / OFF (1)
It enables the user to switch the Phase Trigger on and off. The lower position of the button stands
for turned on, whereas the upper position indicates that the device is turned off.
Please switch the device off every time when not in operation. This way you will be able to avoid an
unnecessary battery drain.
3.2 Dial (2)
It enables the access to the value of the intervals and mode, as well as the display of the battery
status.
3.2.1 Setup the time-delay or the shooting time
Phase Trigger is able to effect a time-delay between the sensors' signal and the triggering of the
camera or of the flash unit. Similarly, it can also operate a long shooting for pictures series.
The resolution of value is 0.2 milliseconds, whereas the maximum time is 9.9999 seconds, which
means practically 10 seconds. In this regard, it should be noted that, notwithstanding setting a zero
value „00000“, Phase Trigger induces a time-delay of approximately 0.06 milliseconds.
A shooting without any time delay can be attained in the direct mode (see Chapter 3.5).
By pressing and rotating the dial simultaneously, the position of the cursor can be shifted, and thus
you can select the desired position of the value.
The value can be entered each time by rotating the dial. When the position has reached the figure
9, it increases the value of the nearby higher position by one. If the value is to be decreased, it counts
down to 0, and only when it reaches 0 does it change the value of the neighbouring, lower position
to 9. This way, the user can decide if he wants to make use of this position change.
3.2.2 Mode selection
Phase Trigger can be operated in the following mode:
Triggering of image-series (XT)
In this mode, Phase Trigger executes a long shooting, so that the camera will produce series
of pictures. In order to achieve this, the camera's shutter button must be pressed manually.
The lengths of the shooting can be defined using the time value. This value depends on the
speed with which the connected camera shoots image series, and on the desired number of
pictures.
Most of the single-lens reflex cameras can produce approx. 20 pictures in a sequence, with
a speed of 4 to 8 pictures/sec. It makes, therefore sense, to set up values in this mode from
1 to 5 seconds.
Typical time values from 0.3 s to 6 s.
