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About Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX Instructions 3 How to Use this Booklet 3 Nomenclature 6 1 Before You Start (Type-A Cameras,"-ype-B Cameras). ...9 Installing Batteries 10 External Power Sources 12 Attaching the Control Unit to the Camera 13 Attaching the Flash Ring 14 Main Switch 15 Pilot Lamp and Test Firing 16 Flash Exposure Confirmation 16 Flash Range 17 Flash Mode 19 Setting the Film Speed 19 LCD Panel Illumination 19 Focusing Lamp 20 Resetting to the Default Settings 20 Using Flash with the Ca
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Contents Setting Up a Wireless Flash System 42 ~ Using the Wireless Flash System 45 .. S Basic Flash Photography r ype-B Cameras~ 4.9 Using Flash with the Camera's Shooting Modes 50 ~.D at: Selecting the Flash Tube 54 ~ Flash Exposure Compensation 56 ~ FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing) 58 M Manual Flash Mode 60 1::1> Second-Curtain Synchronization 62 Wireless Manual Flash 63 ~ Custom Functions 64 MR-14EX/MT-24EX System 66 Troubleshooting Guide 68 Specifications 69 Feature Availability Table 72 I M
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Nomenclature __IIJ1IllI.I88IlfIjfllllllllllll._JlllJlJfIIIIIIJIIII__ 1IJ1JA Flash Ring c- Connecting cor_d_:_-:_-- Focusing lamp (--7p.20) r- Flash tube B----.....;!- -:.:::----- Flash tube A (--7p.26,54) (--7p.26,54) - Release button Release button (--7p.14) (--7p.14) Flash Ring Rear Side Panel LCD panel (--7p.8) <~ > indicator Mounting foot --7 .26,54) P (--7p.13) r:s, L: ~ @ Battery chamber cover (--7p.10) External power pack terminal <~ >indicator (--7p.26,54) Lock pin (--7p.13)--------' 6
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Nomenclature Control Unit flash mode button - r - - - - -1- - - - <~ > High-speed sync • Loops in the following sequence: : (FP flash) button (~p.36) 1 · ETTL / TTL ---. M~ :1 < t:l> > 2nd curtain sync button C _ ~ (~p.40,62) 1 When these two buttons are : pressed simultaneously, the setting : changes in the following loop: *<:!?:-> LCD panelillumination-}I-'----l~~ eD~~_ button (~p.19) I ~ (OFF)~ Custom Function 1r i ----+--~-- *<+> Increment button button(~p.64) ~_. _ .• _._.:~\\\
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Nomenclature LCD Panel Flash exposure compensation----....... ,--------~ FEB icon (-3 to +3 stops) FEB amount (-3 to +3 stops) r--------- (fi Custom Manual flash output level (1/1 - 1164) Function icon Flash exposure compensation icon ,....----- t:I> 2nd-curtain ETTL E-TT.L autoflash iCOi sync icon GIl FP flash icon TTL TTL autoflash icon M ' ~ • ••• 11111__ ManualflaShiconi. ETTL ~~ ~I Ii LlLM +B BIBB (6~~~ Flash tube 10 (AlB) 11- I 1 2 3 4 Channel No. (1 - 4) Slave 10 (C) mamllA: ~: ~I+B BIBB
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Learn how to prepare the Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX for actual use. Before You Start
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Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX requires one of the following two types of batteries: (1) Four size-AA alkaline batteries (2) Four size-AA nickel-hydride batteries Slide the battery compartment cover as shown by the arrow and flip it up. Insert the batteries. • Make sure the + and - battery contacts are properly oriented as shown in the battery chamber. Close the battery chamber cover as shown in the diagram. 10
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Inr;:,t<:lllinn Batteries Ill.•usef8~rpewbatteri~softhesame type..When replacing batteries, replace all fou.rb~tten~~at gne time. I .SiZE)"AAJithiurnb~tteries c:an·also be used. .-AltholJ9h 1l0n-aJkaline, manganese batteries may also be used, the number of flashes Willbe less. •H~rrl0vethebatte.rieswheh the Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX will notbe used for anextended.period. -In low temperatures, take two set50f batteries and keepone setwarm in a pocket, etc:, and use the batteries alternately. o. To
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External Power Sources~~1 Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX can use either of the following two external power packs. For details on the power pack, refer to the Instructions of the respective power pack. (1) Compact Battery Pack CP-E2 Uses six size-AA alkaline, nickel-hydride, or lithium batteries. (2) Transistor Pack E Uses Battery Magazine TP (six size-C alkaline batteries) or Ni-Cd Pack TP. Recycling Time and Flash Count (Applicable to both or only one flash tube tiring) Recycling Power Source Flash C
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Attaching the Control Unit to the Camera ",.... Loosen the locking collar by turning it as shown by the arrow. I Slip the Control Unit's mounting foot into the camera's hot shoe all the way. Turn the locking collar as shown by the arrow and tighten. ~ The mounting foot's locking pin will also extend into the hot shoe. • To detach the Control Unit, turn the locking collar in the opposite direction until it stops. (The locking pin retracts into the mounting foot.) Then slip it off the hot shoe. 13
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Attaching the Flash Ring .IIIIIII'IlJIJIII.IIIJIII'..... 1IJJIJIJ1lf1J The Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX can be attached directly to the following lenses: EF 50mm f/2.5 COMPACT MACRO, EF 100mm f/2.8 MACRO USM, EF 100mm f/2.8 MACRO, and MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x lenses. To attach it to the EF 180mm f/3.5L MACRO USM, the Macro Lite Adapter 72C"(sold separately) is required. Press the release buttons on both sides of the flash ring. • Keep pressing both release buttons. Attach the flash ring to the Macro Ring
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The main switch has three settings as shown below. Turns off the power. OFF,O.N rSE I «JIIIr» Turns on the power. OFF,O.N rSE mum) Turns on the power and enables OFF,O.N rSE the SE mode. .. To save battery power, the SE (Save Energy) mode turns off the Macro Ring Lite automatically after 90 sec. of non-use. • To cancel the SE mode, press the test firing button. ~~~ Mel110ryfeature The·.MacroRi~g Lite'scurrentfl(l$h ••mode~flashexposurecompensationsetting, etc ..,...are. retaineci.in memoryeyenaf
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This tests whether the Macro Ring Lite can fire a flash. Check the Pilot lamp. • When the flash is ready, the Pilot lamp will light. Press the Pilot lamp (test firing button). ~ A flash will fire. • The Pilot lamp is also a test firing button. I.lI •A test flash cannot be fired after you press the camera's shutter button halfway and the camera metering is still active for(~6 ). • If the Macro Ring Lite is in the SE mode, pressing the test firing button turns on the Macro Ring Lile. When a correc
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Flash Range With EF 180mm f/3.5L MACRO USM ISO I --400 x C\J y-100 LL ill Q5 LL ""0 c ~ 16 Q) ""0 X c ill ~ 11 :5 ill ~ £ L ~ 8 L . 5 6 3.5 Aperturet Distance from film"------.-----.,.------.--------r---------,. plane (m) -+ 2 1.2 0.84 0.66 0.57 0.48 Magnification -+ 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1 With MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Aperture t 16 11 8 5.6 4 'l/JJ!]JJJIJJlJiiJllli!J/iffJJffJ!f!!/llW'J/IJII!l!lIIJlI§JJJ;7IJ_I/lII!JIIIJJf!I/.IJ_#I/l'l/fffflll_& ISO 2.8 --400 100 Distance from film 0.253 0.313 plane (
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Press the button to select the E-TTL (or TTL) autoflash mode or manual flash mode. Press the button. I ~ Pressing the button toggles the flash mode between ETTL ( TTL) and M C ETTL(TTL)-'M~ Setting the Film Speed ._I8III,._1IIIIJIj The film speed is set automatically according to the film speed set with the camera. LCD PaneI IIIumination &IJJII."IIIJ11I11I!//lI1/I1If1llilllIlllJJ••lI/11111JJIIIIIIIIIJ_ In low-light, you can illuminate the LCD panel for (~12 ). Press the <=1>:-> but
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Focusing Lamp ~111,lIllIJlJl~I[]~lmIUiUllmli~mnlmm~m~ In low-light or when the viewfinder image gets darker at high magnifications, it becomes difficult to achieve correct focus. In such cases, the focusing lamp can assist with focusing. Press the button. ~ The focusing lamps on the top and bottom of the flash ring will light for about 20 sec. PILOT (Q)O Focus the sUbject. Press the < LAMP>button. • To turn off the focusing lamps, press the button again. Resetting to the Default Set
