Harvest One FLARF60X Wireless Flash User Manual
Harvest One Limited Wireless Flash
User Manual
User Manual
Manual
Flash
RF60
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Table of Content 1. Getting to know RF60
Thank 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 SlaveDelay 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 Warnings
Before using the product, read the
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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.
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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 80 105
GN (meter) 33 34 38 45 53 57 60
GN (feet) 108 112 124 147 174 186 195
–Motor Zooms: 24mm – 28mm – 35mm –
50mm – 70mm – 80mm – 105mm
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1/1 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 1/64 1/128
1/2+0.3 1/4 +0.3 1/8 +0.3 1/16 +0.3 1/32 +0.3 1/64 +0.3 1/128 +0.3
1/2 +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
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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
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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
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4. Package Content
Cactus 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)
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5. Nomenclature
(RETRACTED)
BRACKET MOUNTING
CHARGING SOCKET
MOUNTING FOOT
CONTACTS
BOUNCE CARD
MODE BUTTON
MENU BUTTON
- BUTTON
NEXT BUTTON
+ BUTTON
ON/OFF SWITCH
TEST BUTTON/
DOOR
GROUP BUTTON
6. LCD Panel
7. Getting Started
Inserting Batteries
1. O pen the cover.
Use your thumb to press the bat-
tery compartment door, and slide
the door.
7.1
MODE
BEEP STATUS
INDICATOR
HIGH TEMPERATURE
WARNING
MAIN POWER
INCREMENT
MODE ICON
TEXT AREA
INDICATORS
ZOOM
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2. Install the batteries.
Make sure the positive (+) and
negative (-) battery contacts
in the compartment.
3. Close the cover.
C au t io n
1.
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 Camera
1. Attach th e Fla s h.
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2. Secure the Flash.
mounting foot until it locks up.
3. Detach the Flash.
the mounting foot until it is
loosened.
7.2
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Turning on the Power Switch
Flash starts charging.
disabled. Please change the bat-
teries immediately.
Section 12.3).
7.3 C a ut io n
1.
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
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for at least 10 minutes.
inner overheating prevention fun-
ction may be activated to prolong
the recycling time to about 8 – 20
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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
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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 Diffuser
There is a set of bounce card and
Bounce card is useful for strengthe-
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7.5
Using Bounce Card
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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.
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m i n ati n g at 14 m m c o v e r a g e.
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8. On-camera Operation:
Local Mode
Choosing Local Mode
There 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
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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-
8.1
8.2
To 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 1/128
1/2+0.3 1/4 +0.3 1/8 +0.3 1/16 +0.3 1/32 +0.3 1/64 +0.3 1/128 +0.3
1/2 +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 80 105
9. Wireless Flash: Master
and Slave Modes
With a built-in RF (Radio Frequency)
module, the RF60 has the capability
mode and the other RF60 units in
Slave mode.
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Setting 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 Master
1. 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
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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 D
8. 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.
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ticular group, turn the group
off by selecting the group (see
step 2 and 3) and long pressing
the
Next
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Note: 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
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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 – FRONT
1. 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.
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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
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lected.
11. Advanced Operation
Multi Flash
In 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
Zoom
11.1
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
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frequency of 100Hz, the shutter speed
should be set at 1/10 second.
level.
Maximum Number of Multi Flashes
Hz
123456-78-9
1/4 7 6 5 4 4 3 3
1/8 14 14 12 10 8 6 5
1/16 30 30 30 20 20 20 10
1/32 60 60 60 50 50 40 30
1/64 90 90 90 80 80 70 60
1/128 100 100 100 100 100 90 80
x
=
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Hz
10 11 12-14 15-19 20-50 60-199
1/4 22222 2
1/8 4 4 4 4 4 4
1/16 88888 8
1/32 20 20 20 18 16 12
1/64 50 40 40 35 30 20
1/128 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-
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perature drops to a safe level.
Notes:
1.
dark background.
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3.
mode camera shutter.
11.1.1 Multi Flash in Local Mode
Once 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.
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6. 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.
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to both Master and Slave units in
all active groups. Whenever the
particular slave group (see table
Maximum Number of Multi Flashes),
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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
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N or m a l F l a s h M u lti Fl a s h
H S S F l a s h
2.
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
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ports High Speed Sync, such as HSS
mode on a Canon and FP mode, or Focal
the RF60 offers a HSS Sympathy Mode
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lessly.
enables synchronization at shor-
ter shutter speeds, i.e. the shut-
x-sync speed.
11.2