Bolt VS-510S Manuel utilisateur
VS-510S
WIRELESS TTL FLASH
User’s Manual
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2 |Introduction
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Introduction |3
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Bolt VS-510S Wireless TTL Flash. This advanced digital ash unit puts creative
control in your hands with a broad range of automatic and manual features. It can be used as both an on-
camera ash and a wireless slave ash. Among the benets you’ll enjoy:
• Full compatibility with Sony’s TTL metering system
• Wireless TTL control with multiple ash units and groups
• Automatic and manual zoom from 24mm to 105mm
• Tilt and swivel head: 90° up, 120° right, and 180° left
• 1.8-inch backlit LCD
• Six manual ash levels: full to 1/32 power
• Autofocus-assist for low-light photography
• High-speed sync
• Rear-curtain sync
• Built-in reector and diffuser panels
• Automatic power-saving function
• Upgradeable rmware
4 |Contents
Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 6–9
Warnings ................................................................................................................................................. 10–12
Installing Batteries ................................................................................................................................... 12–14
Mounting the Flash .................................................................................................................................. 14–15
Turning on the Flash and Firing a Test......................................................................................................16–17
Using the Automatic TTL Flash Mode ........................................................................................................17-18
Using High-Speed Sync ................................................................................................................................. 19
Using Flash Exposure Compensation.............................................................................................................. 20
Using the Manual Flash Mode .................................................................................................................. 21–22
Controlling Flash Coverage (Zoom)........................................................................................................... 22–25
Using the Autofocus-Assist Light.................................................................................................................... 25
Bouncing Your Flash................................................................................................................................. 26–28
Contents |5
Using Rear- or Second-Curtain Synchronization ........................................................................................28-29
Using Your VS-510S as a Wireless TTL Slave............................................................................................ 30–32
Using Your VS-510S as a Wireless Manual Flash ...................................................................................... 32–35
Positioning Remote Flash Units ................................................................................................................ 36–37
Upgrading the Firmware on the VS-510S ....................................................................................................... 38
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................... 38–39
Specications .......................................................................................................................................... 40–41
Guide Number Chart ...................................................................................................................................... 41
FCC Notices................................................................................................................................................... 42
Limited Warranty ........................................................................................................................................... 43
Customer Service .......................................................................................................................................... 43
6 |Overview
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Overview |7
Overview
1. Flash head
2. Reector panel
3. Diffuser panel
4. Battery compartment cover
5. Wireless sensor (optical)
6. Wireless sensor (TTL)
7. Mounting foot
8. Mounting foot lock release
9. Mode button
10. Zoom position button
11. Ready light / Test button
12. Power switch
13. Slave mode switch
14. Automatic exposure
conrmation light
15. Flash head position indicator
16. LCD
17. Firmware upgrade socket
18. AF assist/Wireless ready
indicator light
8 |Overview
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Overview |9
19. Automatic exposure conrmation
20. Mode / High-speed sync status
21. Manual ash output level / Slave group and channel / Slave mode
22. Recommended maximum ash-to-subject distance
(in meters and feet)
23. Zoom mode
24. Zoom position
25. Power saving / Camera or lm ISO/ASA setting
26. Camera aperture (f-stop)
27. Stand / Tripod mount
10 |Warnings
Warnings
Before using your VS-510S, please read the following safety notices carefully and thoroughly to ensure safe
use, and to help prevent damage to your ash or injury to yourself or others.
• Do not re the ash at close range directly into the eyes of people or animals. This can cause damage to
the retina and may even lead to blindness.
• To avoid overheating and damaging your ash unit, please wait for at least 10 minutes after 20 continuous
ashes at full power.
• Do not disassemble or attempt to repair this product yourself. There are high-voltage components inside
that can produce a hazardous electric shock.
• Keep this product and its batteries out of reach of children.
• Use only the power sources specied in this manual.
• Always switch the ash off before changing the batteries.
• Always install AA batteries of the same type, brand, and age. Do not combine different types or brands, or
old and new batteries. This could cause batteries to leak, overheat, or explode.
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