Nissin Digital MG60 User manual

Canon / Nikon / Sony
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Thank you for purchasing Nissin product
Please read this instruction carefully before using.
Get a better understanding of a proper operation to enjoy with it.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to
operate the equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Nissin MG60 are designed for Canon / Nikon / Sony cameras which
built-in NAS system to controlling the flash. Please note that MG60 are
not usable with other branded cameras for TTL operation.
Please refer to Nissin’s compatibility chart for latest information:
http://www.nissin-japan.com or http://www.nissindigital.com
Compatible cameras
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This safety instructions, an important information on how to use Nissin's products
safely and properly. Please read the following lines carefully.
WARNING
• The flash unit contains high voltage electric parts. Do not open and repair it by users
themselves. Send to specific service center to the purchasing store for further arrangement if
repair needed.
• Do not touch the broken unit. It may cause an electric shock.
• Do not use the flash directly toward eyes at a short distance. It may damage the eyes.
• It is recommended to keep the flash unit in at least 1 meter (3.3feet) away from the subject
especially toward a baby. Use diffuser or bounce to soften its intensity during photo shooting.
• Do not place the flash unit near any flammable gas, chemicals or such liquids. It may cause
fire or electric shock.
• Do not touch the flash unit with wet hands or use in the water. The flash unit carries high
voltage inside and it may cause an electric shock.
• Do not shoot the flash unit directly at the driver of automobiles or such vehicles.
• Do not place and fire the flash close to the human body, which may get scalded.
• Place batteries in a correct position. Placing them in wrong polarity may cause leakage,
exothermic heat or explosion.
CAUTIONS
• Do not leave or store the flash unit in the temperature over 40ºC/ 104ºF, such as in the
automobile.
• The flash unit is not water resistance. Keep it away from rain, snow and humidity.
• Do not use benzene, thinner or other alcoholic agents to clean the flash unit.
• Do not use this flash unit with cameras which are not recommended in the compatibility list at
official website, it may damage the camera’s circuitry.
• Remove the batteries when they are not in use for a period of time.
• Do not have a heavy impact to the flash unit, nor throw it onto a hard surface floor.
This sign refers to the possibility of personal injury, death or property damage if not
followed as described.
This sign refers to conditions which may cause damage or defect.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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INDEX
Components
Operation
Mode dial
- Video light
- Shooting MG60 automatically
- TTL
- Manual exposure flash
- Multi-flash
- Wireless slave SD/SF
- Optical wireless
- Radio wireless - NAS
Control dial
- Set button
- Arrow button
- Manual zoom
- Buzzer
Flash head operations
AF assist light emitter
Firmware update procedure
Specifications
Guide number table
Trouble Shooting
Warranty
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Components
Accessories:
Pouch Flash stand
Soft box Filter holder Colour Gel (CTO)
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7
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1 Fill-in reflector
2 Light diffusing panel
3 Video light
4 Remote/ Slave sensor
5 AF-assist light
6 Mounting foot and Hotshoe contacts
7 Colour monitor
8 Pilot button (Test flash button)
9 Mode dial
10 Control dial and button
11 Power button
12 Flash head
13 Magnetically contacted zoom head
14 Unlock button
15 Battery compartment door
16 USB service port
(for firmware update)
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Operation
Inserting battery
1. Open the battery compartment door and insert 4
x 14500 Li-ion or size AA rechargeable batteries
or Alkaline batteries as shown in the picture.
2. Make sure + and - battery contacts are
correctly inserted.
3. Close the door and slide it back in place.
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Mounting MG60 on the camera
1. Turn off MG60.
2. Rotate lock ring of MG60 to loosen it all
the way as shown in the picture.
3. Slide the mounting foot of MG60 into
the camera hotshoe.
4. Screw the lock ring to the other side
and tighten it.
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Operation
• For testing flash, press Pilot button.
• To turn off the flash unit manually,
press the On/Off switch once.
• Press the On / Off switch.
Pilot button shows in red.
• Pilot button changed into green in a
few seconds. It is ready to shoot.
Turn on the flash unit
Energy saving
Press any button (or half-press camera shutter button) Press Power button
Dim
8 sec
Sleep
2 mins
Turn Off
60 mins
Battery status
A battery icon shows:
- Wrong insertion (battery type / position)
- Low battery
MG60 will turn off after 30 seconds
It will switch off after cooling down.
Overheat
A overheat signal is twinkling:
- Flash overheating
- Battery overheating
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* It is recommended to use 4 batteries in the same brand and type.
Replace them all when they are low battery.
(O Camera)

Mode dial
MG60 flash mode selection
Rotate the dial for selection.
The flash is triggered by a light from another flash unit
and synchronizes to the manual flash.
Slave Film
The flash is triggered by a light from another flash unit
and synchronizes to the TTL flash.
Slave Digital
Video light
Built-in video light with 9 steps of output level adjustment.
Full automatic mode
Flash light fully control by the camera
(the most proper exposure)
TTL program Mode
Flash light automatically control by the camera but
the flash exposure value can be compensated.
Manual mode
Select the desired manual power on the flash unit.
Optical wireless mode
Synchronizes to the optical wireless remote flash system.
Multi-flash mode
Shoot multiple successive movements in a single picture.
NAS mode
Radio wireless slave flashing through NAS commander.
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Control dial
MG60 functions adjustment
Dial
Rotate to adjust power, select groups/
channel or switch on/off advanced setting.
Lock
Hold the button for 1 second to lock or unlock
buttons mis-press and whole control setting.
SET
Press to enter the advanced setting page, press again
to confirm setting and return back to main page.
Manual zoom
Hold the button for 1 second to change
zoom head position.
Arrow button
Press left or right arrow to select the advanced setting:
/< / / / >
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Note : For Nikon cameras, Users may activate the HSS(FP)
function on the camera side.

Video light
• Set MG60 to the camera’s hotshoe and press the power button
to turn on.
• Rotate the Function dial to mode.
• Select power by rotating the Power dial, 9 steps of output level
can be adjusted.
The lighting time of LED video light can be approx. 3.5 hours lasting in full power batteries.
NOTE
Mode dial
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Shooting MG60 in Auto mode
Programmed Auto
Aperture-Priority Auto
Shutter-Priority Auto
Manual
Auto
In the camera's shooting modes listed above, MG60 will fully work in TTL
automatic-flash system.
• Set MG60 to the camera’s hotshoe and
press the on/ off switch to power on.
• Rotate the Function dial to Amode.
• MG60 is now set for the camera’s
automatic flash control system.
• Press the shutter button of your camera
halfway to focus the subject.
• Shutter speed, aperture and flash mark
( ) are indicated in camera’s view finder.
• Take the picture. MG60 is fired and the result is immediately shown on
the camera’s LCD display.
• When you change the focal length, the power zoom flash head of
MG60 immediately sets its position to match the lens focal length you
selected.
• The flash illumination coverage of MG60 responds to the lens focal
length of 24mm - 200mm.
Camera mode
Mode dial
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Canon Nikon Sony

Shooting MG60 automatically
Set the camera’s shooting mode, select focal length and take pictures
with MG60 on your camera.
MG60 is a supplement to help you in taking a creative and live picture.
Almost all tasks are automatically done by the camera and you just
control the camera only.
Mode Shutter
Speed
Aperture
Setting
Control on
the camera
Automatic Automatic Automatic
Manual Any available shutter
speed can be set
Automatic Automatic Automatic
Automatic
Any available f-stop
can be set
Any shutter speed / f-stop
combination can be set
Automatic Manual
Manual Manual
Mode dial
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TTL flash power compensation
With the latest TTL flash control system, the flash power level is always
automatically controlled by the camera for the most appropriate
exposure. If you wish, you can soften or weaken the flash light, or give
more light to the subject without changing the environmental or
background exposure effect. The MG60 can make it possible to quickly
adjust the exposure for each particular flash picture as needed.
• Set MG60 to the camera’s hotshoe and
press the on/ off switch to power on.
• Rotate the Function dial to mode.
• To set the Flash power compensation
level rotate the Control wheel to
the power level you desire.
• TTL flash power compensation is provided in
12 steps by 1/3 Ev increments for
-2.0, -1.7, -1.3, -1.0, -0.7, -0.3, 0,
+0.3, +0.7, +1.0, +1.3, +1.7 and +2.0 Ev.
• Take a picture and the subject is shown with required lighting effect by
keeping the background exposure level as originally expected.
• On some cameras, the TTL flash power compensation setting is
provided in its menu mode. When setting the TTL flash power
compensation on your camera, any compensation which is also set on
the MG60 will be counted in addition to the compensation you selected
in the camera’s menu mode.
( i.e. Having a +1 compensation set on the flash and a +1.3
compensation set in the camera would yield a total compensation of
+2.3 EV.)
Mode dial
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Manual Exposure Flash
In some occasions, or for special expression, you may need your own
flash exposure instead of the automatic controlled exposure. You can set
MG60 for non-automatic flash mode, and select the desired flash power.
• Set MG60 to the camera’s hotshoe and press the on/ off switch to
power on.
• Rotate the Function dial to Mmode.
• You can select the power by rotating the Control Wheel :
1/256 – 1/1 (Full) power.
Red color bar represent 1 step, White color bar represent 1/3 step
• Set the camera shooting mode to [ A] or [ M]
• Select your desired F-stop and / or shutter speed. Point at the subject
and press the shutter.
Mode dial
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Multi-flash
In Multi-flash mode, MG60 fires repeatedly during a single exposure and
creates stroboscopic multiple-exposure effects.
The power level, frequency and the number of flashes should be set on
the flash unit in advance.
Mode dial
• Manual power: MAX 1/8 to 1/256
• Frequency: 1 Hz to 100 Hz
• Times: 1 ~ 90 times
• Press to enter the advanced setting page
• Press to select Frequency / Flash Times
• Rotate to change frequency and times
• Press to confirm and exit
Frequency Flash Times
Power, Frequency and Times
Operation
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Multi-flash
Mode dial
The shutter speed to be set on the camera is calculated in the following
Number of flashes ÷ Frequency = Shutter Speed
Example : To get 20 flashes at 10Hz 20÷10=2
The shutter speed to be set on the camera is 2 seconds or longer.
Calculating the shutter speed
Maximum number of continuous flashes
Frequency
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
12
10
8
6
6
5
5
4
4
14
1/8
14
12
10
7
7
6
6
5
5
16
1/16
+2/3EV
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14
12
10
10
8
8
6
6
22
1/16
+1/3EV
30
20
20
20
20
10
10
8
8
30
1/16
36
24
24
24
24
12
12
9
9
36
1/32
+2/3EV
46
30
30
30
26
14
14
10
10
46
1/32
+1/3EV
60
50
40
32
28
24
22
20
12
60
1/32
90
80
70
56
44
36
32
28
24
90
1/256 - 1/64
68
56
44
36
32
26
24
22
14
68
1/64
+2/3EV
78
64
52
40
36
30
28
26
18
78
1/64
+1/3EV
Power
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Wireless Slave Flash
MG60 has a wireless remote flash system as a slave unit. You can enjoy
creative flash photography with multiple lightings from the various
directions. 2 slave modes are provided, Slave Digital (SD) for digital
pre-flash system; Slave Film (SF) for analogue flash system.
In this mode, MG60 synchronizes to the
pre-flash system. The master flash is to
be set at TTL mode.
• You can select the power by rotating the
Control wheel from 1/256 – 1/1 (Full)
power.
• Hold the lock button 1 second to lock
this condition on your flash. (Hold it
again to release the lock)
In this mode, MG60 synchronizes to the
traditional single flash system. The master
flash is to be set at manual mode. Studio
lighting system synchronizes to this mode.
This mode is also available for open flash,
and for a standard flash in the market.
• You can select the power by rotating the
Control wheel from 1/256 – 1/1 (Full)
power.
• Hold the lock button 1 second to lock
this condition on your flash. (Hold it
again to release the lock)
Mode dial
SD - Slave Digital
SF - Slave Film
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Optical wireless remote flash
MG60 synchronizes to the wireless remote flash system. You can enjoy
creative flash photography with multiple lightings from the various
directions.
• Rotate the Mode dial to mode then
AF-assist light blinking, light-up
• All power controll by master flash/
commander.
Mode dial
Optical Wireless Transmission
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In this mode, MG60 synchronizes to the
wireless remote flash system. To
remoting all channels and groups
A=Group A/ B=Group B/ C=Group C
MG60 supports wireless TTL / M / Multi-flash. Set the mode on your
master flash/commander, MG60 will follow the setting automatically.
Wireless Multi-flash limited to the supporting flash/commander, please refer to your
flash manual.
NOTE
TTL mode
Manual mode
• Press to enter the advanced setting,
press to select /
• Rotate to change the group / /
• Rotate to switch on/off
• Press to confirm the group setting and back to main page.

Radio wireless remote flash (NAS)
MG60 is built-in wireless remote flash system as a slave unit. You can
enjoy creative photography with multiple flashes of various direction.
Using MG60 with NAS makes it easy to connect with multiple flashes
wirelessly in the same way as normal TTL autoflash shooting.
• Switch off MG60, turn the mode dial to
• Hold and button until you hear
the beeping.
• Hold and button on your commander until twinkling.
• After finishing the pairing, the MG60 and commander will stop
beeping and blinking.
• Once MG60 linked to NAS, function are control directly by the
NAS commander.
• The NAS connect signal is twinkling
which means both MG60 and
commander were not connect
• Press to enter the advanced setting,
press to select
• Rotate to change the group / / / / / / /
Pairing
Group setting
Mode dial
• Press to confirm setting and back to main page.
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Radio wireless remote flash (NAS)
Mode dial
• Press to enter the advanced setting,
press to select
• Rotate to change the channel.
• Press to confirm setting and back to main page.
Channel setting
• Press to enter the advanced setting,
press to select
• Rotate to switch on/off.
Twinking: off
Light-up: on
• Press to confirm the setting and
back to main page.
Open mode
Being part of the MG Series, MG60 supports “Open Mode” and it lets
different cameras to use the same set of strobe in one place.
Open mode off
Open mode on
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