Yongnuo YN-968 EX-RT User Manual

Contents

Precauti on

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Quick Star t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Compon en ts Desc ri ption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

LCD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Instal la tion In st ructi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Basic Op er ation s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Wirele ss F lash Shoo ti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2- 15

Advan ce d Applicati on s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-19

C.Fn/P.Fn : Setti ng C ustom /Per son al F uncti on s . . . . . . . 20-21

Shooti ng w ith LED L ig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Troubl es hooti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Specif ic ation s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Precauti on

To avoid f ire or el ec trica l shock , d o not exp os e thi s product to ra in or

moistu re .

To av oi d short circui t, please make sure the bat terie s contacts are

secure ly pa cked an d use the batter y in ac cordance wit h the local provisio ns .

Please place the ba tteries and th e parts wh ich ca n be swall ow ed

mistaken ly a way f ro m ch ildren. I f swallow ed , pleas e get med ic al help imme di ately.

To avoid any po ss ible in jur y to ey es , do no t use t he flas h in a sh or t

distan ce f ro m the eye s.

To av oi d any possi bl e safet y acci dent, do not use the flash on the

people f oc using a tt entio n.

Pl e ase ta ke ou t th e ba t t eri e s a nd st o p usi n g t his pr oduc t

imme di ately in ca se of th e fo llowi ng s ituat io n:

This prod uc t is d ro pped or shocked seri ously and the inner part of

this produ ct i s ba re d.

Wea r gl oves and ta ke the batteri es o ut if the corrosi ve l iq uid ins id e

the batter ie s leaks .

This produ ct g ives off stra ng e smell , he at or smo ke s. Do n ot dissemb le or ma intain thi s produ ct be cause the inter na l h igh

voltag e ci rc uit may c au se the el ec tric shoc k .

Please take out al l t he batteri es if thi s p ro duct i s n ot use d f or a lo ng

time.

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Features

Equi pp ed with L ED L ight

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Equipp ed wi th a h ig h p ower LED l ight of hi gh power, b ri ghtne ss ca n b e adjust ed , the re is a buil t -in diff user and a co lo r con ve rsion filt er for the LED li gh t.

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Ful ly Compatible with YONGNUO YN-E3-RT/YN 600EX-RT,

Cano n’ s 6 00E X- RT /S T-E3- RT W ir eless Sig nal

One YN96 8E X-RT c an be used as mas te r un it to trigg er YON GN UO YN600E X-RT, Ca non 600EX- RT,an d liv e dis pl ay the fla sh grou pings of slave uni t a nd re cy cl ing info rm ation , one YN 96 8EX-RT can respec ti vely re cei v e the w ire l ess si gna l of ma ste r u nit YN 600 E X-R T,YN- E 3RT, Canon ’s 600E X- RT /S T-E3- RT, re alizi ng remot e flash, s up por ts linked s ho oting w it h ra dio tra ns missi on .

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High G ui de Numb er, Sup po r ts H igh-s pe ed Syn c

GN60@I SO 100,1 05 mm, suppor ts high- sp eed sync TTL, manu al fl as h, multi fla sh , G r g ro up ing fla sh , t he highes t s yn chronou s spe ed can reach 1/80 00 S

Supp or t A ut o/ Manua l Zoomi ng

The YN968 EX-RT suppor ts auto and ma nu al zoomi ng , the flash covera ge c an be cha ng ed betwee n AU TO, 20~ 10 5m m.

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Supp or t s US B Firmw ar e Upgra de

The YN968 EX -RT equ ip ped with the U SB inter fa ce, supp or t s fir mw are upgrad e, the user s can dow nload the upg rade firm ware throug h the Yong nu o of ficial we bs ite to upgr ad e the fla sh .

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Supp or t s Wi re less Op ti cal Sla ve f uncti on

The YN96 8E X-RT s up por ts r ec eivin g YONGNU O, Ca non' s and Nikon' s wirele ss o pt ical ma st er sign al , supports S1 an d S2 f lash mo de .

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Sett in gs Sa ve Au tomat ic ally, Sup po r ts Custom s (C Fn) ,

Func ti on .

Per sonal F un ction s( P.Fn).

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Ultr af ast Charging Recycle Syst em, Supports Exte rnal Power

Supp ly

Eq uip ped wi th Bi g Si z e LC D Dis pla y Scr een , Sta nda rd PC

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Syn chronou s In ter face

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Quick Sta r t

If you don't hav e m uch time to re ad the whol e u ser ma nual, we advi se you to rea d thi s secti on.

1.Pl ease av oid t he exce ssive use of the o utp ut with maximu m powe r. It can eff ectiv ely extend the ser v ice life of thi s p ro duct. (It i s recomm end ed tha t the s peedl ite should b e idle for more than 3 m inute s when en terin g the ove rheat p ro tecti on) .

2.Sh ort p re ss t he f uncti on b utton [ ] and [MOD E] b utton can switch t he tr igger mode a nd fl ash mod e (Gr f las h mode only in wirele ss mast er mode ).

3.Wh en us ed as master uni t, through th e fun cti on [R ATIO] butto n can se t the par tic ipated ex pos ure flash g ro up.

4.Sh ort pre ss t he functi on b utton [ ]c an e nter into the focal leng th set ting s tate. long p re ss the funct ion bu tton [ ] can enter in to the ad va nce d optio ns sett ing sta te, the n throu gh the

[ ] a nd [ OK] but to ns c an set the co ve rag e of the foc al l ength

and th e custo m funct ion/p ers onal fu nctio ns.

5.Fu nct ion b utton 1-4 co rresp ond ing to dif feren t fun cti ons acco rd ing to curren t state of t he flas h, oper ation s and detai ls plea se refer to t he foll owi ng chap te rs.

6.Long p re ss t he f unc tion butt on 2 and but ton 3 ca n se t th e flash sh oot ing fun cti on sett ing s a n d w ire les s s hoot ing se ttin g recove r to t he de fault s et-top T TL fl ash mod e statu s.

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7.Ma ke the fl ash u nit v ertica l, pr ess t he LED but ton the LED come s on , th e LE D li ghtin g on the LC D panel, press the LED button a gai n turni ng off the LE D light .

8.Wh en you pos ition the flash head down by 7 ° , y ou can sho ot subj ects at a s hor t dis tance i n a range o f approx. 0.5 t o 2 m.

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Componen ts Descri ption

Wide re fection board

Wide pa nel

Flash head

Built -in di ff us er (f or L ED l ight)

Optical tr an sm is si on wirel ess sensor

AF-assis t be am e mi tt er

hotshoe cont ac t

Bounce ang le i nd ex

Radio tran sm is si on confirmati on l am p (LINK lamp )

LCD pan el

Trig ge r mo de button

Flash mode b ut to n

Charg ing lamp/ Test flash b ut to n

Mounting f oo t lock lever

Lock-r el ea se button

Dust- and waterres is tant adapter

PC por t

External power sourc e por t

USB port

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LED light

Color conver si on f il te r (for LED lig ht )

Terminal cover

Function b ut to n 1/2/3/4

Batter y co mpar tmen t cover

Power s wi tch

Select/S et b ut to n

Select dia l

LED button

Mini stand

LCD Panel

ET TL flash

Zoom:

:Automatic

:Manual

ET TL：E TTL auto flash

:St an da rd

:Over heat

:Bounce

Flash expo su re level

：FEC

FEC amount

ETTL

Zm C.Fn

Focal leng th

：FEB

FEB sequen ce

：Beep

：Auto zoom for

Zoom

fEB

F5. 6

SYNC

sensor siz e

：High-spe ed s yn c

：Second-c ur tain sync

F:Apeture

Manua l flas h

M:Manual f la sh

Zm C.Fn

Zoom

Multi (stroboscopic) flash

MULTI：Multi f la sh

MULTI

Zoom

Number of f lashes

Zm C.Fn

0.3

MULTI

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Manual fla sh o ut pu t

SYNC

Flash frequency

Manual fla sh o ut pu t

LCD Panel

Shor t press t he bu tt on [ ]can s wi tc h the t rigger mo de : s et top, ra di o wireless mast er mod e, radio wire less sl ave mode , optica l wirel es s sla ve mode(inc lu de S C/ SN /S C&SN/S1 /S 2）

:Set on flas h

:Master flash firing ON

:Master flash firing OFF

:Slave icon

ETTL

A B

Zm C.Fn

ETTL

Zm C.Fn

ETTL

Zm C.Fn

RAT A B C

1 1

Zoom

fEB

SLAVE

fEB

SLAVE

MENU1

: Radio transm is si on

wirel ess shootin g

CH 1

: Slave flash ready (radio trans mi ss io n)

: Radio transm is si on

wirel ess shootin g

CH 1

SLAVE

CH 1

SLAVE

: Master

：Slave

: Optical tran sm is si on wirel ess shootin g

：Slave

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