Phottix Mitros for Nikon - Manual (Page 8)

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En INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Wireless Triggering Mode
The Phottix Mitros TTL Flash is equipped with wireless triggering. Using pulses
of light, a flash on the camera can adjust and fire remote flashes. In this mode
remote flashes can be assigned to three groups (A, B C) with flash mode and
flash compensation values can be independently set for each group .
A flash set in Master mode must be attached to the camera (or the camera pop-
up flash used, if compatible). Remote flashes must be set to slave mode.
Wireless triggering is achieved by pulses of light fired by the Master flash. All
flashes must be in line of sight. The Wireless Signal Receiver Area must be able to
“see” signals from the Master flash. This system may not perform well outdoors
or in brightly lit areas.
For increased performance and power control consider using the Phottix Odin
TTL Flash Trigger with your Phottix Mitros flash. The Phottix Odin controls and
fires TTL flashes via radio signals, not pulses of light, and is less limited in all
environments.
Optical Slave (OS) Mode
The Phottix Mitros can also be triggered as an Optical Slave (OS). In Optical Slave
(OS) Mode the Phottix Mitros will fire when it optically “sees” another nearby
flash fire. The Mitros will fire in manual mode at the power levels it was set to.
To Set OS Mode:
1. Press and hold the button for 2 seconds to enter wireless mode.
2. Press or button to cycle to OS mode.
3. Press the button to confirm and exit the screen.
4. The flash will change to Manual-M mode.
5. Set the desired power level.
Please note:
- Do not place any obstacles between the master unit and slave unit(s). Obsta-
cles can block signal transmissions.
- Ensure the slave flash’s Wireless Signal Receiver Area faces toward the trig-
gering flash.
- When using OS Mode the shutter speed of the camera should not be higher
than 1/250s.
- TTL pre-flash from on camera flashes or flashes set to Wireless Master Mode
will set off a flash set to OS Mode. The flash will fire before the exposure. Do
not mix flashes in TTL or Wireless Master Mode with flashes set to OS Mode.
- Unlike other Wireless Modes, Optical Slave (OS) does not use channels. A
flash set in OS mode will fire when it sees any flash trigger.
Wireless Settings
Flashes must be set to Master or Slave mode. A Master flash is needed on the
camera to control remote (slave) flashes. The same transmission channel needs
to be set on both Master and Slave flashes. Groups need to be set for Slave flash-
es.
To set Master Mode:
1. Press and hold the button for 2 seconds until the “Wireless Fn OFF”
highlighted on the LCD.
2. Press the and buttons will cycle between Wireless OFF, Master,
Slave, OS modes.
3. Select Master mode and press button for confirm.
Set the flash modes, flash output compensation values and
channels for the master flash
1. Press the button to enter the settings mode;
2. Press the or will cycle between the adjustable parameters;
3. Press the or button to adjust the parameters of the selected
item;
4. Press the button to exit the setting mode.
Master with Flash mode: The on camera Master flash will fire when a photo
is taken.
Master without Flash mode: The on camera Master flash will emit a short
burst of light to communicate with slave flashes but this light will not be part
of the exposure when a photo is taken.
To set Slave Mode:
1. Press and hold the button for 2 seconds to enter wireless mode.
2. Press the left arrow or right arrow buttons will cycle between Wireless OFF,
Master, Slave, OS modes.
3. Select Slave mode and press button for confirm.
To set the Slave Groups and Channels:
1. Press the button to activate the settings mode;
2. Press the or will cycle between the group settings (A B C), chan-
nel settings (1 2 3 4) and ZOOM settings;
3. Press the
or button to adjust the parameters of the selected
item;
4. Press the button to confirm and exit the screen.
5. When Slave flashes are ready to shoot, the AF Assist light on the front of the
flash will blink once every 1 second.
Please note:
- Make sure the Master and Slave flashes are set to the same transmission
channel (1-4).
- Do not place any obstacles between the master unit and slave unit(s). Obsta-
cles can block signal transmissions.
- When using wireless bounce flash, please ensure the slave flash Wireless Sig-
nal Receiver Area faces toward the Master flash.
- When using only one flash set Wireless Mode to “OFF”.
Transmission channels
The Phottix Mitros Wireless system has four transmission channels: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Signals from the Master flash are sent to Slave flashes on these channels. If Mas-
ter and Slave flashes are set to different channels the Slave flashes will not fire.