Yongnuo YN968N 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Wirele ss F lash Shoo ti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2- 14

Advan ce d Application s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17

C.Fn/P.Fn : Setti ng C ustom /Per son al F uncti on s . . . . . . . 18-19

Shooti ng w ith LED L ig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Troubl es hooti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Specif ic ation s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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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.

Compat ib le with Y N6 22N and Y N5 60 Wirele ss Sys te m

When YN 968N is used as maste r unit, it can con trol and fire YN968N /Y N622N (I I)/YN 68 5N b eing s lave unit . When YN9 68 N is set as YN622 (sl ave mo de ), it can re ceived con trol sig na l or tr ig ger si gn al from maste r un it YN96 8N /YN622N (I I)/YN 62 2N-TX , and a ch ieves s la ve flash in TTL/M/Mu lt i mode. Whe n YN9 68N is set a s YN5 60 ( sl ave mode), it can receive con trol sign al or trigg er signal fro m YN560-TX (II)/R F603 (II) /R F605, a nd a chiev es f lash in M/M ul ti mode .

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 YN96 8N sup por ts auto and man ua l zoomi ng , the flash cov er age can be cha ng ed betw ee n AU TO, 20~ 10 5mm.

Supp or t s US B Firmw ar e Upgra de

The YN968N equ ip ped with the USB interf ac e, suppor ts firm wa re 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 .

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

The YN9 68 N s uppor ts recei vi ng YO NG NUO, Can on' s and Nik on' s wirele ss o pt ical ma st er sign al , supports S1 an d S2 f lash mo de .

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

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

Ultr a fas t Chargi ng Recycl e Sys te m, S up por ts E xtern al Powe r

Supp ly

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

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 1 0 minut es when e nteri ng the ov erhea t protect ion ).

2.Press [ ] button to switch t rigge r metho ds (on- to p , r ad io wi re le ss master, rad io w ireless s lave an d op tical s lave) s eq uentl y. Wh en YN968N is in set-top mode, press [M ODE] button to switch flash mode.

3.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.

4.When YN 96 8N is us ed as ma ster unit, pres s [ CH ] b ut ton t o e nt er in to channe l set ti ng st at us, press [G R] bu tton to switch grou ps , ope ra te [ON/ OF F] but to n to se t whet he r the g ro up par ticipat in g fl as h, press functi on b ut to n [M OD E] t o switch flash mode, and ro tate [ ] to set flash ex po sure comp en satio n or f lash ou tp ut.

5.Sh ort pre ss t he f uncti on b utton [ ]c an e nter into the focal leng th set ting s tate. long p re ss the funct ion button [ ] 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 can 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.

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.

[LED] ，

7.Ma ke the fla sh unit verti cal , press th e button 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

TTL flash

Zoom:

:Automatic

A M

TT L：TT L auto f lash

:St an da rd

:Bounce

:Over heat

ISO

：FEC

FEC amount

:Manual

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

Focal leng th

：Beep

Batter y le ve l

：FP Flash (High-sp ee d sy nc )

Apeture

Flash expo su re level

Manual fla sh o ut pu t

Flash frequency

Manual fla sh o ut pu t

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LCD Panel

Pres s butto n [ ]can sw itc h the tri gger mo de: s et-top , rad io wire less maste r mod e, r adi o wirel ess slave mode, opti cal wire less sl ave mod e(inc lude SC/SN /SC&S N/S 1/S2）

:Set- to p fla sh

TTL

：Radio wire less master mode

：Master

：YN62 2 MODE

TTL

：Radio wire less s lave mode ：Slav e

TTL

：YN62 2 MODE

Zoom

：YN56 0 MODE

Zm C.Fn

:Opt ical wi re les s slave m ode :Sla ve

TTL

Zm C.Fn

Zoom

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SLAVE

fEB

SLAVE

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