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.
Caution
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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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Step 2
Caution
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Before using
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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.
Caution
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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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