Bolt VS-560C Manuel utilisateur
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VS-560C
WIRELESS TTL FLASH
User’s Manual
2 |Introduction
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Introduction |3
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Bolt VS-560C 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 Canon’s E-TTL and E-TTL II metering systems
• 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
• Seven manual ash levels: full to 1/64 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 .................................................................................................................................. 14–16
Turning on the Flash and Firing a Test............................................................................................................ 16
Extended Interface......................................................................................................................................... 17
Using the Automatic TTL Flash Mode ....................................................................................................... 18–19
Using High-Speed Sync ........................................................................................................................... 19–20
Locking Flash Exposure ........................................................................................................................... 20–21
Using Flash Exposure Compensation.............................................................................................................. 21
Using the Manual Flash Mode .................................................................................................................. 22–23
Controlling Flash Coverage (Zoom) .......................................................................................................... 23–26
Contents |5
Using the Autofocus-Assist Light.................................................................................................................... 26
Bouncing Your Flash................................................................................................................................. 27–29
Using Rear- or Second-Curtain Synchronization ....................................................................................... 29–30
Using Your VS-560C as a Wireless TTL Slave............................................................................................ 31–33
Using Your VS-560C as a Wireless Manual Flash ...................................................................................... 33–35
Positioning Remote Flash Units ................................................................................................................ 36–37
Upgrading the Firmware on the VS-560C ....................................................................................................... 38
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................... 38–39
Specications .......................................................................................................................................... 40–41
Guide Number Chart ...................................................................................................................................... 41
FCC Notices................................................................................................................................................... 42
One-Year Limited Warranty............................................................................................................................. 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. Mounting foot
7. Mounting foot lock
8. Mode button
9. Up button
10. Down button
11. Zoom position button
12. Ready light / Test button
13. Power switch
14. Automatic exposure
conrmation light
15. Flash head position indicator
16. LCD
17. External power socket
18. PC sync socket
19. Firmware upgrade socket
20. AF assist/Wireless ready
indicator light
8 |Overview
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Overview |9
21. High-speed sync status
22. Slave mode
23. TTL mode
24. Wireless TTL mode
25. Manual mode
26. Manual ash output / Slave channel
27. Slave group
28. Zoom mode
29. Zoom position
30. Flash compensation value
31. Camera aperture (f-stop)
32. Stand / Tripod mount
10 |Warnings
Warnings
Before using your VS-560C, 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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