Dynaphos Starter SK-200 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Starter SK-200
studio flash

Thank you for choosing DYNAPHOS studio lighng equipment! Before you proceed further, please read the
instrucon manual.
Use of this product requires basic photographic knowledge and habits.
Aenon! Please, follow the savety instrucons!
• Starter lighng equipment is designed for photo amateurs and it’s not suitable for professional work, as
also as any kind of intensive use!
• Keep out of reach of children!
• Make sure that the power outlet you plug the ash is working correctly.
• Do not disassemble or modify! There are high-voltage components inside the unit. Repairs should only be
performed by authorised service personnel!
• Do not touch the lamp cap when the ash or modeling lamp is working due to risk of burns or elecc shock!
• Disconnect the ash from the power supply when mounng accessories on or o or when you’re cleaning
the ash unit.
• Durint operaon, some of the light control accessories may be heated to high tempetures! Wait to cool
down before you mount them o.
• During operaon, do not cover the ash! Make sure that the ash unit will not be acvated in the vicinity
of inammable gases or liquids. Risk of explosions!
• Do not expose the ash unit to water drops and splashes!
• In every 30 connuous ashes at full power, leave the ash to cool down for about 3 minutes. Overheang
will occur if it is used connuously without cooling down.
• Do not ash directly into eyes from a close distance! Direct ashing into the eyes of person or animals can
cause damage to the rena and severe disrupon of the vision – up to and including permanent blindness!
• If the housing has been damaged in such a way that internal components are exposed, the ash unit may no
longer be used. Disconnect from the power supply! Do not touch any internal components. HIGH VOLTAGE!
• Use only light controlling accessories autorized by DYNAPHOS Ltd.
Savety
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Guide
1. Photoeye; 2. Digital display; 3. Modeling lamp
buon; 4. Slave mode buon; 5. USB sync port;
6. Sync cord jack; 7. Umbrella xing screw;
8. Flash
and modeling lamp output controller;
9. Sound
buon;
10.“Test” buon; 11. Power switch;
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заден панел
12. Fuse; 13. AC power socket; 14. Umbrella holder; 15. Front t release buon; 16. Flash lamp; 17.Mod-
eling lamp; 18. Handle; 19. Light stand xing screw;
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over view
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back panel 16
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Guide
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Mounng the ash and preparing to work
Mount the ash on a light stand and x it through the screw
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(see p. 2) . Adjust the horizontal angle and secure the handle
18. To take down the protecve cap or mounted accessory, hold down the
front t release buon 15 turn the accessory counterclockwise and pull
it forward (pic.1). To mount an accessory, proceed the opposite way as
matching the feathers of the bayonet with the corresponding holes of the
ashe body (pic.2). If the modeling lamp isn’t installed in advance, installe
it by using gloves or clean cloth (pic.3). Make sure that the power switch
11 is at posion “0” and plug in the power cable into the power sock-
et 13. Set the power switch at posion “I” to turn on the ash. To
work with photographic umbrella use the standard 15 cm reec-
tor and place it with the umbrella ouit matching the ash umbrella
holder
(see the picture on the le) . Fix the umbrella through the xing
screw 7.
pic. 1 pic. 2 pic. 3

Guide
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Flash control
Overload and overheat protecon
Starter SK studio ash has power range from 1/1 to 1/8 (4 EV), which can be adjusted through the ash
output controller 8 (see pic. 2) in 20 steps and it’s shown on the digital display 2 with numbers from 1.0 to
3.0. Up arrow buon serves to increase the power output, respecvely, the one with arrow down serves to
decrease the power output. Please noce, that aer decreasing the power output you need to re the ash
ones to discharge the capacitors to the set lower power. If you reduce the power output with one more
increment under 1.0, the digial display will show “OF” symbol and the ash will stay turn on, but it won’t
be able to re a ash.
Starter DE studio ash has fully manual control of the modeling light. To turn on or o the modeling lamp,
press the buon 3. You can steplessly control the modeling lamp in 9 steps, which will be shown on the back
panel with the symbols L1 tо L9. For this purpose hold the buon 3, unl the modeling lamp power output
indicaon shows on the back panel and start blinking (L1 до L9). Through the buons 8 adjust the power
output and when it’s done , press once the buon 3. When the ash is on and idle for more than two hours
, the modeling lamp will automacally turn o. Restart the ash to turn it back on.
During connious work with the ash (large number of ashes for a short term), an overheang may occur.
To protect the ash, don’t make more than 20 ashes in a row with higher power output (2.0 - 3.0). Aer
every 20 conguous ashes leave the ash to cool down for at least 3 min.
When working with light control accessories such as spots, which are prevenng the cooling, you have to
limit the modeling light use and the ash shouldn’t be used too intense.
If the ash is used carelessly about its temperature this may cause failure, in which case Dynaphos Ltd.
reserves the right to refuse warranty repair.

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Slave mode
Sync triggering
Plug the sync cable or connect the ash trigger receiver in the usb port jack 6(see p. 2) Connect
the sunchro cable or the receiver with the camera and set the camera on the max. shuer speed.
(check the camera manual instrucons) When pressing the camera shuer release, simultaneously the ash
will re an impulse.
If you use more than one ash, the others will be acveted through their photo cells. Use the buon 4to
turn on or o the photo cell, as well as to set a mode for triggering with 1st or 2nd ash. (the last one is used
when acvang through TTL manual ash with Pre Flash funcon). When the buon 4 indicator ashes
blue, 1st ash trigger mode is set on, when it ashes red the 2nd ash mode is set on. When the photo
cell is turn o, the indicator won’t ash. In some cases it is possible the intense of the master ash to be
insucient to trigger the rest of the ashes through their photo cells. In this case use addional receivers
for each ash.
You can also trigger the ash by the “Test” buon 10.
Through the oponal FT-16 wireless power control and trigger, you can remotely trigger and control o the
ash power, pilot light and the photo cell of 16 separate ashes (groups) Starter SK. For this purpose you
will need a FT-16 power control and trigger kit (product № 010288) The device is specially designed for work
with studio ashes Expert QS, Speedster QT, Craline GS, Starter DE, Witstro and XEnergizer.
To trigger and power control a ash with FT-16:
- open the baery compartment of the sender and place 2 alkaline baeries 1.5V AA as following the right
polarity.
- mount the sender in the camera HotShoe connector with the control panel towards to you and ghten
the nut 6
Guide

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- choose a working channel via the selector 9. and turn on the sender
from the power switch 2
- place the receiver in the USB sync port 10 of the ash (see p. 2) and
set on the same channel as the sender (check the further picture).
From the selector 9 choose a working group. For work with more than
one ash, you’ll have to place a corresponding number of addional
receivers FTR-16 (product № 010289) for each ash and set them on
the same channel as the sender. Preferably, the receiver of each ash
has to be set on a dierent group in order each ash to be control
separately.
- choose a working group (a ash) from the selector of the sender; to
change the power output of the ash use the “-/+” buon 5; through
the “Lamp” buon 10 you can turn on or o the modeling light;
through the “Buzz” buon 3 you can turn on or o the sound signal;
through the “Test” buon 12 you trigger the ash or make a test ash.
- the transmier is designed for dierent models lightning. To work
with Starter SK-200, hold down the buon “Set” 4 unl the screen
display number 1.0
- when pressing a buon the indicator 11 must ash, if this don’t hap-
pen place a new baeries and try again.
- aer nnishing work turn o the sender from the power switch 2
- keep the antenna 7 save from mechanical damage
Guide

Technical specicaons
Model Starter SK-200
Power output (WS) 200
Guide number (ISO 100) 50
Power adjustment 1/8- 1/1 (4 EV)
Flash duraon (t=0.5) 1/2200 - 1/800 sec
Recycling me 0.4-2.2 sec
Colour temperature 5600°K (+/-200)
Charging indicaon LED, BUZZ, modeling light
Modeling light independent manual control
Modeling tube 150W/220V, E27
Triggering sync cable (3.5 мм), test buon, photoeye with mode for triggering with 1st or
2nd ash, IR, USB for FT-16 wireless and power control trigger
Cooling acve
Sync voltage ~6V
Operang voltage 195-250V/50-60Hz
Dimensions 290x215x175 mm (without reector)
Weight 1.4 kg
Product number 010325
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