Bolt Vs-570s Manual de usuario

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VS-570S/SMI for Sony

WIRELESS TTL FLASH

User’s Manual

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2 |Introduction

Introduction |3

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Bolt VS-570 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 benets 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

• Seven manual ash levels: full to 1/64 power

• Autofocus-assist for low-light photography

• High-speed sync

• Rear-curtain sync

• Built-in reector and diffuser panels

• Automatic power-saving function

• Upgradeable rmware

4 |Contents

Contents

Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 6–9

Warnings ................................................................................................................................................. 10–11

Installing Batteries ......................................................................................................................................... 12

Mounting the Flash .................................................................................................................................. 13–14

Turning on the Flash and Firing a Test............................................................................................................ 15

Extended Interface......................................................................................................................................... 16

Using the Automatic TTL Flash Mode ............................................................................................................. 17

Using High-Speed Sync ................................................................................................................................. 18

Using Flash Exposure Compensation.............................................................................................................. 19

Using the Manual Flash Mode ...................................................................................................................20-21

Controlling Flash Coverage (Zoom) ...........................................................................................................21-23

Using the Autofocus-Assist Light.................................................................................................................... 24

Bouncing Your Flash..................................................................................................................................24-26

Contents |5

Using Rear- or Second-Curtain Synchronization ............................................................................................. 27

Using the VS-570 as a Wireless Master or Slave .......................................................................................28-29

Using the VS-570 as a Wireless Master.................................................................................................... 30–33

Wireless Master Summary screen............................................................................................................ 34–35

Using Your VS-570 as a Wireless TTL Slave .............................................................................................. 36–39

Using Your VS-570 as a Wireless Manual Flash ........................................................................................ 40–41

Positioning Remote Flash Units ...................................................................................................................... 42

Upgrading the Firmware on the VS-570 ......................................................................................................... 43

Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................43-44

Specications ................................................................................................................................................ 45

Guide Number Chart ...................................................................................................................................... 46

One-Year Limited Warranty............................................................................................................................. 47

6 |Overview

VS-570

VS-570SMI

Overview |7

Overview

1. Flash head

2. Reector 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

conrmation 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

GROUP BGROUP A GROUP C

TTL

EV+

EV-

28 29 30 31

22 23 24 25 26

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-570, 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 specied 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.

• Install batteries in the proper orientation, according to the indicator in the battery chamber. Installing

batteries in the reverse orientation could cause them to leak, overheat, or explode.

• Do not use or store the VS-570 in ammable conditions (such as environments containing ammable gases

or liquid chemicals). This could damage the ash, start a re, or cause an electric shock.

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