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7.

Troubleshooting

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Problem

Soon after

power is turned

on, the indicator

turns on'

Although t h e

i s l i t in

t h e viewfinder,

does

not fire.

f l a s h p i c t u r e

o u t

undrrexposed

s l a v e

the

T h e

beam.

slave's

tor ( b l i n k i n g A F -a s s i s t
turns off.

The test transmission
work.

The flash

cannot be set.

Probable Cause

If t h e

is t u r n e d on a n d t h e

i s n o t

used for

9 0

the power turns off automatically.

T h e

in t h e

does not indicate

ready. Rather. it indicates t h a t t h e

is

able to

The flash ratio control lamp was lit

thouph a

multi-flash system with flash ratio settings was

not used.

subject is

the effective flash range.

does not

is

away

is

hack of t h r

point-

ratio

hut

slave ID has

to

is not

is in the

You

s h u t t e r button halfway and this

the exposure meter

camera is not an EOS-3.

The

switch is set to

Solution

Either

shutter button halfway

press

the

PILOT

button.

When

slave is ready to

beam

blinks

Turn off the flash ratio control lamp

takinp

the

Place the

nearer to the

or

aperture (smaller f-number).

t h r

to thesamechannel as

Position t h e

nearer to t h e

the transmission

taking the picture.

Cord

2

point the

toward the

Use

feature

its

sensor

the ST-EZ.

Set

slave

A

or

B.

If

has a built-in AF-assist

the camera will rmit the beam instead

E2.

Press

PILOT

button to cancel the

slave's

mode.

Make sure the metering display in the viewfinder
is

off

test the transmission.

The flash ratio cannot he set with cameras other

than the EOS-3.

Set the main switch to

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