FujiFilm EF-W1 User manual

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Owner’s Manual
WIRELESS COMMANDER EF-W1
EF-W1
WIRELESS COMMANDER

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Thank you for your purchase of this product.
Before using this commander unit, please read this
owner’ s manual and refer to the owner’ s manual of
your camera carefully to get a better understanding
of the proper operation to enjoy flash photography.

Contents
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Name of the Components and Accessories
Power Saving Mode
Before using
Inserting batteries
Paring setting
Basic Operation
Mounting on the camera/Removing from the camera
Turn on the power
Group Setting and Operation
Group setting of flash
Commander group setting and operation method
Open Mode
Mode Setting
TTL Mode
Manual Mode
Control Wheel and Buttons
Channel setting
Setting the coverage (zoom)
Beep sound on/off
Panel lock/unlock button
Other Function Buttons
Modeling light
Other Functions
FP (High speed sync.)
Reset
About Firmware Update
Specifications
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Name of the Components and Accessories
Accessory
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* Special case, cable for remote shutter
Group selection button
Group on/off button
Modeling light button
Shutter cable socket (2.5mm)
M/TTL Mode button
LCD Panel
Control Wheel and buttons
Channel Button
HSS Button
M. Zoom button
Buzzer button
Panel Lock/Unlock button
Pilot button (Test flash button)
Power On/Off button
Strap hole
Unlock button
Micro SD card slot
Battery compartment door
Mounting foot
Hotshoe contacts
* By using a flash compatible with wireless remote shutter such as Nissin
Digital MG10 / MG8, you can use the shutter button on the flash to
release the camera shutter. For details, see the flash instruction manual.
(Nissin Digital: https://www.nissindigital.com)

Power Saving Mode
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The EF-W1 has a power saving mode to prevent battery drain.
After 30 seconds from idle, the LCD will go dark and it will turn
off in sync with the camera power. In the power saving mode,
the pilot lamp blinks every 2 seconds. Press any button to exit
power saving mode and the LCD will re-illuminate. If you do not
operate the unit for 60 minutes, the power turns off.

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Before Using
Inserting batteries
Use only new batteries of the same brand and type. It is
recommended that you replace them at the same time. For
rechargeable batteries, use batteries that are all charged at the
same time.
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Batteries that can be used: Ni-MH batteries, alkaline batteries
Opens the battery compartment
door and insert 2 x size AAA
batteries as shown in the right
figure.
Make sure the + and - battery
contacts are correctly inserted in
the battery compartment.
Close the battery compartment
door and slide it back in place.
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Before using
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Paring Setting
Before performing wireless shooting, follow the procedure
below to set up EF-W1 and flash for pairing.
… Turn off the commander and flash power.
… Follow the procedure below to make
pairing settings.
Be sure to set the pairing when using for the first time.
Flash
EF-60 Setting
Press and hold " ( ) button
of the Control Wheel and
buttons" and Power On / Off
Button ( ) at the same time
for 3 seconds.
Since the beep sound will be heard,
do the setting of " Commander
EF-W1 Setting" as it is.
Press and hold
for 3 seconds.
Beep sound
(with built-in NAS reception function) settings
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Press and hold
for 3 seconds.
1. Press and hold the ( ) button of the
Control Wheel and buttons and
power on / off button ( )
simultaneously for 3 seconds.
2. After the pilot button flashes
for 5 seconds, the flash beeping
stops.
3. Pairing is now complete.
• Do not operate the flash until the
pairing process is completed.
• If you have multiple flashes,
you can press and hold some
flashes first to make a beep sound,
and then press and hold this unit
once at the end to pair them at once.
Commander EF-W1 Setting
Pairing is complete
when the flash beep
stops.
Pilot button blinks
for 5 seconds
* Press the Pilot button of the Commander EF-W1 for test flash.
WIRELESS COMMANDER EF-W1
The pairing settings will remain stored even if the power is turned off.
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Basic Operation
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Mounting EF-W1 on the camera
Removing EF-W1 from the camera
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Insert the mounting foot of EF-W1
into the hot shoe of the camera.
Make sure that the mounting foot
will lock (with a “click”) when it has
been inserted completely.
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Hold the unlock button and
slide the mounting foot of EF-W1
off the hot shoe of camera
When attaching EF-W1 to a camera, do not grab or lift EF-W1. The
mounting foot of EF-W1 or the hot shoe of the camera may be damaged.
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Turn on the power
WIRELESS COMMANDER EF-W1
• When you press the Power button and
the Pilot button changes from red to
green, the power is turned on. This unit
can be used.
• For a test flash, press the Pilot button.
• To turn off the flash unit manually,
press the Power button once. Power button

Group Settings and Operations
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Group setting of flash
EF-W1 has 8 groups of A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D, and you can
control each group or multiple groups simultaneously.
However, note that the groups that can be used are
limited depending on the flash used.
You can also connect multiple flashes to one group. First,
set the flash group.
Turn the mode dial to select
A, B, or Cgroup
of "Wireless mark".
(available groups: A, B, C)
EF-60 Setting
Mode Dial
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Group Settings and Operations
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Commander group setting and operation method
1. When the group display in the left column of the LCD
screen is light, you can change the setting values of all
groups displayed with the control wheel and buttons.
2. Press the specific group button
you want to operate,
the group display on the
LCD screen will blink.
While it is blinking, you can
use the control wheel and
buttons to change the setting
values for that group only.
If you press the group button
again, the group display
will return to lit.
EF-W1 has eight groups. A, B, C, Dand A, B, C, Dcannot
be operated on the same screen, so press and hold to
switch screens.
Control Wheel and buttons
Group Button
Group D, A, B, C, Dare available for Nissin Digital MG10, MG8
and MG80 Pro.
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3. You can change 2 groups by
blinking 2 groups at the same
time and 3 groups at the same
time by blinking 3 points at the
same time.
4. If you want to stop firing for a
specific group, press the “Group
on / off button” while the group
is blinking. When the LCD screen shows "---", the flash
will be stopped.
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Group on/off
button

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Open Mode
Only one commander can be paired to one flash on the
NAS system. However, in case of a flash equipped with
an open mode, one flash can receive signals from two or
more commanders by switching to the open mode,
which enables communication without pairing.
• Press and hold the "M/TTL mode button” for more than 1
second to switch to open mode.
• Set EF-W1 and flash channel to the same channel.
*compatible with Nissin Digital MG series
Group Settings and Operations
When controlling the Nissin Digital MG series flashes that are not
paired in the OPEN mode, AUTO cannot be used for the channel,
so set the MG series flashes channel to the same channel as this
EF-W1.
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Mode Setting
TTL Mode
The EF-W1 has two modes: "TTL mode" for automatic
light control and "M(manual) mode" for manual light
control. Use the "M/TTL Mode Button" to switch modes.
Once setting the mode to TTL, “TTL” is displayed at the
bottom of the LCD screen. TTL is a mode that automatically
adjusts the light emission amount, which can be finely
adjusted by light compensation.
Flash compensation range: -2EV to + 2EV
M/ TTL
Mode Button
What is the TTL memory function?
When switching from TTL mode to Mmode,
the previous TTL emission amount is
automatically changed to the M mode emission
amount. This is a feature that will be converted.
(No configuration required).
After setting a rough amount of light in TTL
mode first, you can switch to M mode for fine
tuning. It allows you to quickly determine the
optimal amount of light.

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Mode Setting
1. Press the "M/TTL Mode Button" to switch to the TTL
mode screen.
2. Press the group button you want to change to make the
group display blink.
3. Turn the control wheel and
buttons to change the
correction value in 1/3EV*
steps.
4. Turn the dial clockwise to
make it brighter and
counterclockwise to make it
darker.
M/TTL Mode Button
How to adjust flash exposure in TTL mode
* For models and firmware that do not support 1/3EV, 1/2EV step
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Mode Setting
M(Manual) Mode
Once setting the mode to M(Manual), “M” (manual) is
displayed at the bottom of the LCD screen. The M(manual)
mode is a mode for manually adjusting the light emission
amount. Turn the control wheel and buttons to change the
light emission amount in 1/3EV steps. The maximum amount
of light is 1/1, and the larger the denominator, the smaller the
amount of light.
Adjustment range: 1/1 to 1/256
In FP (High speed sync.) mode, the minimum flash output is
automatically limited to 1/32. For details, see the section on
FP (High speed sync.).
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Mode Setting
1. Press the "M/TTL Mode button" to switch to the Mmode
screen.
2. Press the button of the group you want to change to make
the group display blink.
3. Turn the control wheel and buttons to change the flash
output in 1/3EV steps.
4. Turn the dial clockwise to
make it brighter and
counterclockwise to make
it darker.
M/TTL Mode Button
How to adjust flash output in M (manual) mode

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Although it does not need to be changed during normal use,
there are rare cases that the NAS may not operate properly
due to radio wave interference in locations where other
communication devices that use the 2.4 GHz band such as
wireless LAN, Bluetooth, handy phone, and hands-free
microphone are often used. In such a case, changing the
communication channel may improve the situation.
Control Wheel and Buttons
Channel Setting

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1. Press and hold the “Channel button” to switch to the
channel setting screen.
2. Turn the control wheel and
buttons to choose the
channel.
3. Press and hold the Channel
button again or leave it idle
for 10 seconds to return to
the original screen.
Channel Button
Control Wheel and Buttons
Control Wheel and Buttons
Channel Setting
How to switch channels of EF-W1
Before using, set the commander EF-W1 and flash pairing. At that
time, make sure that the channel on the flash side is “AUTO” or
the same channel as EF-W1.
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With the EF-W1, the coverage (zoom) of the receiving
flash can be switched remotely. The coverage (zoom) can
be set to A(auto), 24, 28, 35, 50, 70, 85, 105, 135, 200 mm.
When setting to A(Auto), auto zoom is automatically
linked to the focal length of the lens.
1. Press and hold the M.zoom button.
2. Press the group button you want to
change to make the group display
blink.
3. Turn the control wheel and buttons
to change the flash coverage.
4. To switch to another group, press
the group button to make the
group display light, and repeat the
above steps (2, 3, 4).
5. To return to the original screen immediately, press and hold
the M.zoom button again. If you leave it unattended for
about 7 seconds, it automatically returns to the original screen.
How to set the coverage (zoom)
Setting the coverage (zoom)
Control Wheel and Buttons
[Note]: The initial value of the coverage (zoom) is 24 mm. It will be set
to 24mm when resetting (to press and hold the pilot button).
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M.zoom Button
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