Dynaphos Expert QS-300 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Expert QS-300
Expert QS-600
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Thank you for choosing DYNAPHOS studio lighng equipment! Before you proceed further, please read the
instrucon manual.
Aenon! Please, follow the savety instrucons!
• 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. Flash output
controller; 4. Modeling lamp output controller;
5. Slave mode buon; 6. “Test” buon; 7. Sound
buon; 8.Modeling lamp buon;
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back panel
9. Power switch; 10. USB port control; 11. Sync cord
jack; 12. Fuse; 13. AC power socket; 14. Glass cover
dome; 15. Mount release buon;
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Mount the ash unit onto an appropriate light stand and x it. Adjust the horizontal angle and
secure the handle.
To take down the protecve cap or mounted accessory, hold down the mount release buon (pic.
1), turn the accessory counterclockwise and pull it forward. To mount an accessory, proceed the opposite
way as matching the feathers of the bayonet with the corresponding holes of the ashe body. Please noce,
that to installe the modeling lamp, rst you need to unmount the glass cover dome.
To work with photographic umbrella use standard 18 cm reector and place it with the umbrella
ouit matching the ash umbrella holder. Please, pay aenon that the umbrella holder is located in the
upper side of the ash (pic. 3)! The umbrella is xed due to rubber dampers so you need to apply moderate
eort to overcome their resistance.
Make sure that the power switch 9. (check page 2) is in “0” posion and place the power cable in
the AC power socket 13. Plug in the power cable and turn on the ash by placing the power switch in posion
“I”. Make a test ash as pressing the “Test” buon 6.
Guide
Mounng the ash and preparing to work
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pic. 1 pic. 2 pic. 3

Guide
Flash Control
Overload and overheat protecon
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Expert QS studio ash has power range from 1/1 to 1/32 (6 EV), which can be adjusted through
the ash output controller 3. in 30 steps and it’s shown on the digital display 2. (check pic. 2) with num-
bers from 8.0 to 5.0. If you reduce the power output with one more increment under 5.0, the digial dis-
play will show “OF” symbol and the ash will stay turn on, but it won’t be able to re a ash. When reduc-
ing the ash output, the Auto Dump funcon will turn on and it will discharge the capacitors to the set
lower power. Depending on the size of the adjustment this proces will take between 2 and 45 sec. When
reducing the power output with more than 1 EV is recommended to discharge the capacitors manually in
order not to wait the whole process.
Expert QS studio ash has fully manual control of the modeling light. To turn on or o the mod-
eling lamp, press the buon 8. You can steplessly control it trough to the modeling light output controller
4. 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 30 ashes in a row with higher power output (8.0 -
10.0). Aer every 30 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.

Guide
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Slave mode
Sync triggering
Plug the sync cable or connect the ash trigger receiver in the usb port jack 11 (check page 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 5. to 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 manual ash with Pre Flash funcon). When the buon 5. indica-
tor 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 receiv-
ers for each ash.
You can also trigger the ash by the “Test” buon 6.
Through the oponal FT-16 wireless power control and trigger, you can remotely trigger and con-
trol o the ash power, pilot light and the photo cell of 16 separate ashes (groups) Expert QS. 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 XEner-
gizer.
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.

Guide
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- mount the sender in the camera HotShoe connector with the control
panel towards to you and ghten the nut 6.
- 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 (check page 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.
- Please noce, that the “Set” buon
3. is working only with WITSTRO
series.
- 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 receiver from the power switch 2.
- keep the antenna 7. save from mechanical damage

Technical specicaons
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Model Expert QS-300 Expert QS-600
Power Output (WS) 300 600
Guide number (ISO 100) 58 76
Power adjustment 1/32 - 1/1 (6 EV)
Flash duraon (t=0.5) 1/2000 - 1/800 sec.
Recycling me 0.3-1.2 sec 0.3-1.5 sec
Colour temperature 5600°K (+/-180)
Charging indicaon BUZZ, modeling light
Modeling light manual, on/o
Modeling tube 150W/220V, E27
Triggering sync cable, 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, overheang protecon
Sync voltage ~5V
Operang voltage 200-240V/50-60Hz
Dimensions 140x230x410 mm (without reector)
Weight 2.7 kg 3.0 kg
Product number 010430 010431