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Eastman Kodak Company 343 State Street Rochester, New York, 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2004 Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
Eastman Kodak Company 343 State Street Rochester, New York, 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2004 Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
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Table of Contents 1 Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Overview ...1-1 Initial Setup...1-2 Navigating the Menus...1-3 Displaying the POCKETWIZARD Menu ...1-4 Choosing the POCKETWIZARD Mode ...1-5 Transmit Mode ...1-5 Receive Mode ...1-5 Relay Mode...1-5 Setting the Channel...1-6 Setting the Zone...1-7 Setting the Transmit Zone ...1-7 Setting the Receive Zone ...1-7 Test Flash ...1-8 Test Radio ...1-9 Strobe Confirmation ...1-10 SpeedCycler Mode...1-11 Teach Channel...1-12 Version...1-13 2 POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Specifications 3 FCC and IC Compliance...
Table of Contents 1 Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Overview ...1-1 Initial Setup...1-2 Navigating the Menus...1-3 Displaying the POCKETWIZARD Menu ...1-4 Choosing the POCKETWIZARD Mode ...1-5 Transmit Mode ...1-5 Receive Mode ...1-5 Relay Mode...1-5 Setting the Channel...1-6 Setting the Zone...1-7 Setting the Transmit Zone ...1-7 Setting the Receive Zone ...1-7 Test Flash ...1-8 Test Radio ...1-9 Strobe Confirmation ...1-10 SpeedCycler Mode...1-11 Teach Channel...1-12 Version...1-13 2 POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Specifications 3 FCC and IC Compliance...
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... Light Meters, and the NIKON D1 series of your remote POCKETWIZARD devices for additional information. The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver installed in your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Overview The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver is a digital wireless triggering system. Refer to the user manual included with camera controls and camera menu displays. You can operate the POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver with any of digital cameras. 1 Using your KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Pro SLR/n, DCS Pro 14n, or DCS Pro...
... Light Meters, and the NIKON D1 series of your remote POCKETWIZARD devices for additional information. The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver installed in your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Overview The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver is a digital wireless triggering system. Refer to the user manual included with camera controls and camera menu displays. You can operate the POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver with any of digital cameras. 1 Using your KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Pro SLR/n, DCS Pro 14n, or DCS Pro...
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.... 2. If a receiving device has no user interface, use the POCKETWIZARD feature you must be using. Set the appropriate POCKETWIZARD mode in your setup. Screw the POCKETWIZARD antenna into the PC Sync terminal of any cameras (with or connected to a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver. 1. All devices must prepare the cameras and flash units that you capture an image in the transmitting and receiving...
.... 2. If a receiving device has no user interface, use the POCKETWIZARD feature you must be using. Set the appropriate POCKETWIZARD mode in your setup. Screw the POCKETWIZARD antenna into the PC Sync terminal of any cameras (with or connected to a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver. 1. All devices must prepare the cameras and flash units that you capture an image in the transmitting and receiving...
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Image LCD-Use tabbed menus to confirm a selection. OK button-Press to access digital functions. July 12, 2004 1-3 Press the top or bottom to exit a menu without accepting a change. Cancel button-Press to navigate among menu options. Four-way switch-Press the left or right side to navigate between tabbed menus or to display menus on using menus, see the User's Manual included with your Camera with...
Image LCD-Use tabbed menus to confirm a selection. OK button-Press to access digital functions. July 12, 2004 1-3 Press the top or bottom to exit a menu without accepting a change. Cancel button-Press to navigate among menu options. Four-way switch-Press the left or right side to navigate between tabbed menus or to display menus on using menus, see the User's Manual included with your Camera with...
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Press the right side of the Four-way switch to highlight POCKETWIZARD. 4. Press the top or bottom of the Four-way switch until the Capture tab is selected. 3. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Displaying the POCKETWIZARD Menu 1. If the Capture tab does not appear, press and hold the Menu button and press the left side of the Four-way switch to display the POCKETWIZARD menu (or press the OK button). 1-4 July 12, 2004 Press the Menu button. 2.
Press the right side of the Four-way switch to highlight POCKETWIZARD. 4. Press the top or bottom of the Four-way switch until the Capture tab is selected. 3. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Displaying the POCKETWIZARD Menu 1. If the Capture tab does not appear, press and hold the Menu button and press the left side of the Four-way switch to display the POCKETWIZARD menu (or press the OK button). 1-4 July 12, 2004 Press the Menu button. 2.
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... POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver and all associated functionality.) Transmit Mode Receive Mode Relay Mode When you press the Shutter Release while in Transmit mode, any remote flash units or cameras set in Receive mode (and on the same channel and zone as your camera receives a signal, captures an image, and switches to other cameras and associated flash units. When another POCKETWIZARD device (a camera or a POCKETWIZARD MultiMAX) is triggered...
... POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver and all associated functionality.) Transmit Mode Receive Mode Relay Mode When you press the Shutter Release while in Transmit mode, any remote flash units or cameras set in Receive mode (and on the same channel and zone as your camera receives a signal, captures an image, and switches to other cameras and associated flash units. When another POCKETWIZARD device (a camera or a POCKETWIZARD MultiMAX) is triggered...
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...: Devices on the same channel work together. You have a user interface. Press the top or bottom of the Four-way switch to highlight the ten's or the one's position. Channels 17 - 32 let you can set their channels using the Teach Channel function (see page 1-8). You can ...flash / triggering confirmation (see page 1-12). 1. Press the right or left side of the Four-way switch to display two boxes where you set the channel in your transmitting and receiving devices. Press the OK button. 1-6 July 12, 2004 Choose Transmit or Receive, then choose Channel. 2. Using your Camera...
...: Devices on the same channel work together. You have a user interface. Press the top or bottom of the Four-way switch to highlight the ten's or the one's position. Channels 17 - 32 let you can set their channels using the Teach Channel function (see page 1-8). You can ...flash / triggering confirmation (see page 1-12). 1. Press the right or left side of the Four-way switch to display two boxes where you set the channel in your transmitting and receiving devices. Press the OK button. 1-6 July 12, 2004 Choose Transmit or Receive, then choose Channel. 2. Using your Camera...
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... can specify the zones you will be used without making manual adjustments. Setting the Receive Zone When your camera is in Receive mode. 1. Press the OK button. 4. Choose Transmit, then choose Zone A, B, C, or D. 2. This way you can decide which flashes will transmit to. 1. Using your studio setup you can assign different zones to flashes, then turn the zones on or off . Choose Receive...
... can specify the zones you will be used without making manual adjustments. Setting the Receive Zone When your camera is in Receive mode. 1. Press the OK button. 4. Choose Transmit, then choose Zone A, B, C, or D. 2. This way you can decide which flashes will transmit to. 1. Using your studio setup you can assign different zones to flashes, then turn the zones on or off . Choose Receive...
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...), flash status (indicated by a lightening bolt symbol. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Test Flash 1-8 You can perform a test flash to determine that your setup is indicated by the lightening bolt symbol) appears on the Test Flash screen. Choose Test Flash from a flash, a POCKETWIZARD Flash Confirmation Cable must be Zone A. Any remote devices set in Receive mode perform a test flash. July 12, 2004 Confirmation of this shot. Zone...
...), flash status (indicated by a lightening bolt symbol. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Test Flash 1-8 You can perform a test flash to determine that your setup is indicated by the lightening bolt symbol) appears on the Test Flash screen. Choose Test Flash from a flash, a POCKETWIZARD Flash Confirmation Cable must be Zone A. Any remote devices set in Receive mode perform a test flash. July 12, 2004 Confirmation of this shot. Zone...
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Test Radio Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver The Test Radio feature is correct. 4. Repeat until the setup is useful when you want to the POCKETWIZARD menu. July 12, 2004 1-9 You should always test your setup, but don't want to test your setup before using it. 1. Make necessary adjustments (turn on devices, set channels and zones, etc.) and press the OK button. Press the OK button. 3. Press the Cancel button to return to trigger a flash. Choose Test Radio from the POCKETWIZARD menu. 2.
Test Radio Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver The Test Radio feature is correct. 4. Repeat until the setup is useful when you want to the POCKETWIZARD menu. July 12, 2004 1-9 You should always test your setup, but don't want to test your setup before using it. 1. Make necessary adjustments (turn on devices, set channels and zones, etc.) and press the OK button. Press the OK button. 3. Press the Cancel button to return to trigger a flash. Choose Test Radio from the POCKETWIZARD menu. 2.
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... the status of the strobes after each image capture. For the Strobe Confirm feature to work, a POCKETWIZARD Confirmation Sensor must be connected to the POCKETWIZARD menu. 1-10 July 12, 2004 If one or more zones fail, a screen like the example at the left appears. Press the OK button. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Strobe Confirmation When...
... the status of the strobes after each image capture. For the Strobe Confirm feature to work, a POCKETWIZARD Confirmation Sensor must be connected to the POCKETWIZARD menu. 1-10 July 12, 2004 If one or more zones fail, a screen like the example at the left appears. Press the OK button. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Strobe Confirmation When...
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This allows multiple flash units to cycle faster than a single flash can refresh. • Choose SpeedCycler, then choose On or Off. July 12, 2004 1-11 For example, all flashes in Zone A are triggered sequentially. All flashes in the same channel and zone go off at the same time. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver SpeedCycler Mode When your camera is in SpeedCycler mode, flashes in enabled zones are triggered with the first capture, all flashes in Zone B in the next, etc.
This allows multiple flash units to cycle faster than a single flash can refresh. • Choose SpeedCycler, then choose On or Off. July 12, 2004 1-11 For example, all flashes in Zone A are triggered sequentially. All flashes in the same channel and zone go off at the same time. Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver SpeedCycler Mode When your camera is in SpeedCycler mode, flashes in enabled zones are triggered with the first capture, all flashes in Zone B in the next, etc.
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..., 2004 Choose Teach Channel. 3. The camera must be in Learn mode. Turn on your camera. Use your camera. 2. Once the remote device has been taught, you select the Teach Channel feature. IMPORTANT: Don't wait to press the OK button or the device will learn more than one . Some devices (flashes) have a user interface, you turn the remote device on. If devices have no...
..., 2004 Choose Teach Channel. 3. The camera must be in Learn mode. Turn on your camera. Use your camera. 2. Once the remote device has been taught, you select the Teach Channel feature. IMPORTANT: Don't wait to press the OK button or the device will learn more than one . Some devices (flashes) have a user interface, you turn the remote device on. If devices have no...
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Version Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver The version of the POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver software in your camera appears on the POCKETWIZARD menu. (The version on your menu may be different than that shown here.) July 12, 2004 1-13
Version Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver The version of the POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver software in your camera appears on the POCKETWIZARD menu. (The version on your menu may be different than that shown here.) July 12, 2004 1-13
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... 12 dB S/N ratio (minimum) Batteries-Uses the camera's rechargeable battery Shutter Sync Limits-Camera limited at 1/125th Sync Time-0.5 ms when pop-up flash is down. 1.5 ms when pop-up flash is up. The flexible antenna attaches to the front PC Sync Terminal of Sight Range-1,000 ft (304.8 m) in length. 2 POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Specifications Modes of Operation-Off, Transmit, Receive, and...
... 12 dB S/N ratio (minimum) Batteries-Uses the camera's rechargeable battery Shutter Sync Limits-Camera limited at 1/125th Sync Time-0.5 ms when pop-up flash is down. 1.5 ms when pop-up flash is up. The flexible antenna attaches to the front PC Sync Terminal of Sight Range-1,000 ft (304.8 m) in length. 2 POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Specifications Modes of Operation-Off, Transmit, Receive, and...
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... help. PW-KTR1 July 12, 2004 3-1 This equipment generates, uses and can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Operation ...This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules and also with the instructions, may cause undesired operation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with RSS...
... help. PW-KTR1 July 12, 2004 3-1 This equipment generates, uses and can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Operation ...This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules and also with the instructions, may cause undesired operation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with RSS...
