Harvest One FLARF60X Wireless Flash User Manual

Harvest One Limited Wireless Flash

User Manual

User ManualManualFlashRF60
2 3 Table of Content 1. Getting to know RF60Thank you for purchasing Cactus Wireless Flash RF60. The RF60 is a                              to command your lights off camera,                           lights at any angle, direction and distance – the possibilities are endless! –Built-in Wireless Commander and Receiver; –R e m o t e C o nt r o l                Zooms; –Group ControlGroup Alias; –Optical SlaveDelay feature; –         u p t o a G u i d e N u m b er of 60 meters; – Wireless Flash Transceiver; – feature; –High-speed Sympathy mode provides 2. Caution and WarningsBefore using the product, read the -rect and safe use and to help prevent d a m a g e of C a c t u s R F 6 0.1. Turn OFF all your equipments (Cac-tus units and cameras, etc.) be-fore changing batteries or making connection.
4 5this instruction manual;4. Do not permanently store the pro-duct in a high temperature envi-ronment (i.e. under strong direct sunlight, near cooking stoves / oven).5. C a c t u s R F60 s h o u ld n o t b e s u b -merged in liquid or exposed to h e a v y r a i n u n le s s it i s p r o p erl y protected.6. Do not operate the device in the fumes.into the eyes of someone at close range.the driver of a moving car.3. Major Specifications –G u id e N u m b e r (IS O 10 0) i n m e t e r :Zoom (mm) 24 28 35 50 70 80 105GN (meter) 33 34 38 45 53 57 60GN (feet) 108 112 124 147 174 186 195 –Motor Zooms: 24mm – 28mm – 35mm – 50mm – 70mm – 80mm – 105mm –                  1/1 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 1/64 1/1281/2+0.3 1/4 +0.3 1/8 +0.3 1/16 +0.3 1/32 +0.3 1/64 +0.3 1/128 +0.31/2 +0.7 1/4 +0.7 1/8 +0.7 1/16 +0.7 1/32 +0.7 1/64 +0.7 1/128 +0.7 –Flash Durations: 1/300s – 1/20,000s –                     Slave (S) –Working Radio Frequency: 2.4GHz –Number of Channels: 16 –Number of Groups: 4 –Maximum Wireless Effective Dis-tance: 200 meters –Built in Optical Slave Mode: S1   –                          alkaline or Ni-MH), rechargeable Ni-MH for best performance –Flash count per battery cycle: 100- –Recycle time: 0.1-5.0 seconds –Color temperature: 5600k +/- 200k –Operating temperature: -20°C to +50°C –Dimensions: 205 x 83 x 61mm –4. Package ContentCactus RF50 Flash (1)Cactus Flash Stand FS-2 (1)Cactus Flash Carrying Case FC-3 (1)User Manual (1)(il lu stratio n T.B.A)
6 75. Nomenclature(RETRACTED) BRACKET MOUNTINGCHARGING SOCKETMOUNTING FOOTCONTACTSBOUNCE CARDMODE BUTTONMENU BUTTON- BUTTONNEXT BUTTON+ BUTTONON/OFF SWITCHTEST BUTTON/DOORGROUP BUTTON6. LCD Panel7. Getting StartedInserting Batteries1. O pen the cover.Use your thumb to press the bat-tery compartment door, and slide                         the door.7.1MODEBEEP STATUSINDICATORHIGH TEMPERATUREWARNINGMAIN POWER INCREMENT                 MODE ICON           TEXT AREA INDICATORSZOOM 
8 2. Install the batteries.Make sure the positive (+) and negative (-) battery contacts in the compartment.3. Close the cover.                  C au t io n1. the same brand. When replacing batteries, replacing all four at one time.2. AA-sized alkaline, Ni-HM or lithium batteries can be used.3. If you change batteries after hot.Attaching to the Camera1. Attach th e Fla s h.-2. Secure the Flash.                         mounting foot until it locks up.3. Detach the Flash.                      the mounting foot until it is loosened.7.2
10 11Turning on the Power SwitchFlash starts charging.                                                                           disabled. Please change the bat-teries immediately.                                                                         Section 12.3).                                                                         7.3 C a ut io n1.                           after a certain period of idle use, may damage batteries. Therefore,                           is not used for long periods of time. AA-sized alkaline, Ni-HM or lithium batteries can be used.2. To avoid overheating and degrading -for at least 10 minutes.                            inner overheating prevention fun-ction may be activated to prolong the recycling time to about 8 – 20                                                                                  -return to normal.Adjusting Flash Head                             the surface before illuminating the                              behind the subject for a more natural looking shot. This is called a bounce 7.4
12 13vertically. Horizontally, it can be                                                  t u r n it t o a s a t i sf y i n g a n g l e v e r ti-cally and horizontally.Bounce Card and Wide Angle DiffuserThere is a set of bounce card and                            Bounce card is useful for strengthe--                                                         7.5Using Bounce Card                         -                          out at the same time.                                                   ready for use.Using Wide Angle Diffusercome out at the same time. 2. Push the bounce card back in. -m i n ati n g at 14 m m c o v e r a g e.
14 158. On-camera Operation: Local ModeChoosing Local ModeThere are 3 operating modes in RF60,                                                     Mode b ut t o n t o c h o o s e t h e a p p r o p r i at e mode. The mode indicator turns in the                                         -           Adjusting Power and Zoom                            right. The selection indicator Ź level or zoom. Press the Next button order to adjust a setting of an item.                Next until the selection indicator Ź is poin-                    8.18.2To adjust zoom, press Next until the selection indicator Ź is pointing to the zoom value (i.e., decrease the zoom range.1/1 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 1/64 1/1281/2+0.3 1/4 +0.3 1/8 +0.3 1/16 +0.3 1/32 +0.3 1/64 +0.3 1/128 +0.31/2 +0.7 1/4 +0.7 1/8 +0.7 1/16 +0.7 1/32 +0.7 1/64 +0.7 1/128 +0.7Zoom (mm) 24 28 35 50 70 80 1059. Wireless Flash: Master and Slave ModesWith a built-in RF (Radio Frequency) module, the RF60 has the capability                                                         mode and the other RF60 units in Slave mode.
16 17Setting Up RF60 Slaveto Sl a v e m o d e b y p r e s si n g Mode.                                               sequence:                2. Set all RF60 to the same channel. Press Menu, use + or – b ut t o n t o s ele c t t h e R F c h a n n e l. Press Menu t o g o b a c k t o m ai n screen. The selected chan-status bar.3. Assign RF60 Slave units to eit h e r g r o u p A, B, C o r D. P r e s s Group to select the group for each RF60. Each press of the change group in the sequence of 9.1 Commanding with RF60 Master1. Set the on-camera RF60 to Master mode by pressing Mode (se e S ec-  2. S e t R F 6 0 M a st e r t o t h e s a m e channel as RF60 Slave units (see 3. Check the group status on the group panel. Only activated                       or D boxes.4. On RF60 Master, you can change                                              D group. 5. The default group is the Master RF60 itself. In the display, the group is selected in the group                         group activation status.9.2
18 6. To select a particular group for remote control, press Group and the group selection indicator               7. P r e s s Groupnext group, i.e., group B. Each                          select next group in the fol-M a s t er A B C D8.             of t h e M a s t e r                       using + or – button. Press Next to Z o o m                    + or – button. Note:-being selected.                           all active groups at the same time. To select all groups, long press the Group button. 10.All selection indicators of the                                                 level as you do for a single group. The changes in both set-                    all active groups, including the 12.To exit from all group control, press Group button once.                        -ticular group, turn the group off by selecting the group (see step 2 and 3) and long pressing the Next                    
20 21Note: The RF60 Master can also be turned off by long pressing the Next b u tt o n i n t h e M a s t er g r o u p. Once turned off, the RF60 Master                        com mand RF60 Slaves to change set-                   14.To tu r n o n a g r o u p a g a i n, s e l e ct the group (see step 2 and 3) and long press the Next button. The              15.Press the shutter on camera and the RF60 Master and Slave units                          -ting as you have set in the RF60 Master.10. Group Aliasesgroup alias for users to choose for the particular slave groups accor-ding to the purpose of each. The cho- text area beside the group icons. The the group is selected.The group aliases available for se-lection include: – RIGHT – BACK – FRONT1. To set group alias, select the alias, then press the Group and Menu button simultaneously.2. The selection indicator and                           the text area. Press + or – but-ton to scroll through the group aliases available for selection.3. Press Next or Menu           alias and exit.4. Repeat 1-3 to set aliases in all the Cactus RF60. To prevent con-fusion, make sure that you have set the same aliases for the same group in all RF60 units.
22 23                      a p p e a r i n S l a v e m o d e o r M a s t e r -lected.11. Advanced OperationMulti FlashIn Multi mode, a rapid series of                          capture multiple images of a moving subject in a single frame. In Multi mode, you can change the:  Flash frequency per second in Hz   Zoom11.1represents the number of times the the shutter speed you have in mind, you could determine the appropriate frequency.S h u t t e r N o. o f 1                            picture at a shutter speed of 0.5                              10 ti m e s p er s e co n d (i.e., 10 H z), t h e                      -                         frequency of 100Hz, the shutter speed should be set at 1/10 second.                                                  level.Maximum Number of Multi FlashesHz  123456-78-91/4 7 6 5 4 4 3 31/8 14 14 12 10 8 6 51/16 30 30 30 20 20 20 101/32 60 60 60 50 50 40 301/64 90 90 90 80 80 70 601/128 100 100 100 100 100 90 80x=
24 25Hz  10 11 12-14 15-19 20-50 60-1991/4 22222 21/8 4 4 4 4 4 41/16 88888 81/32 20 20 20 18 16 121/64 50 40 40 35 30 201/128 70 70 60 50 40 40 T o av oi d o v e r h e a ti n g, d o n o t u s e Multi Flash more than 10 times in succession. After using Multi Flash for at least 15 minutes. Overuse of Multi Flash may cause over-tempe- -perature drops to a safe level.Notes: 1.                                                      dark background.2. - 3.                         mode camera shutter.11.1.1 Multi Flash in Local ModeOnce you have determined the shutter                                                       1. To enter Multi Mode, press Multi/HSS                       Hz icons.2. Pr ess Next until the selec-tion indicator Ź points to the beginning of the text area. The value before the hyphen repre-mode.3. Press + to increase or – to de-                     4. P r e s s Next until the selection indicator Ź points to the right of the text area. The value after the hyphen represents the                         Multi mode.5. Press + to increase or – to                            second.
26 276. P ress Next               level (see Section 8.1).7. P r e s s Next to adjust the Zoom (see Se ctio n 8.1).8. To exit Multi mode, press Multi/HSS                  main screen.11.1.2 Multi Flash in Master and Slave Modes                                                                                channel.1. To enter Multi mode in RF60 Master, press Group                  displayed as the group name. 2. Press Multi/HSS button once. The                           in Multi Flash mode.3.                                                   -                            to both Master and Slave units in all active groups. Whenever the                           particular slave group (see table Maximum Number of Multi Flashes),                        4.                         - 1/4, the Slave RF60 set at those Multi mode.5. To exit Multi mode, press Group to Master, press Multi/HSS button mode.Notes: 1. Multi mode and HSS mode (see Sec-tion 11.2) are exclusive options. Pressing the Multi/HSS button -N or m a l F l a s h M u lti Fl a s h H S S F l a s h2. o n l y b e s el e ct e d i n t h e M a s t er                           the RF60 Master and all RF60 Slaves in the active group(s).HSS Sympathy Mode-ports High Speed Sync, such as HSS mode on a Canon and FP mode, or Focal the RF60 offers a HSS Sympathy Mode                                                        -lessly.                                                        enables synchronization at shor-ter shutter speeds, i.e. the shut-x-sync speed.11.2

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