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Group control – Canon Speedlite EL-100 User Manual

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Wireless Multiple-Flash Photography with Flash Ratio

Setting up receivers

2

Set up the receiver for flash group

C.

z

Set the channel switch to the same

channel as set on the other receivers.

z

Set the Mode dial to <

6

>.

Group Control

You can add more receivers when more light or sophisticated lighting is

needed. For added receivers, specify the flash group (A, B, or C) that

you want to be brighter. There is no limit to how many receivers can be

added.

f

f

f

Flash group A

For example, when three receivers are

set to flash group <

4

>, they are all

controlled as a single flash unit in group

A.

o

To fire the three groups of A, B, and C, set to

[

6

]

. Group C does

not fire when set to

[

5

]

.

o

Aiming the units in flash group C directly at subjects may cause

overexposure.

Flash ratios from 8:1 to 1:1 to 1:8 correspond to 3:1 to 1:1 to 1:3 when

converted into number of stops.