User guide

The Other YN-622C User Guide
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USING TYPE B CAMERAS
As there is no flash control menu, some functions will be restricted.
 Install a 622 in the camera’s hot-shoe, so that it auto-selects Transmitter mode.
 Enable Mix control mode on the transmitter. ([CH SET] for several seconds.)
 Use [CH SET] to set the communication channel.
 Press half-shutter. The Status indicator winks green. Press [GP SET] to set firing groups to be used.
 Set the required flash mode (E-TTL, Manual, Multi) using the flash’s control panel.
 E-TTL mode supports automatic flash, including FEC and FEB. It defaults to hi-speed sync.
 Manual (M) mode requires flash output to be manually set on-flash. It defaults to hi-speed sync.
 Multi-mode requires several parameters to be set on-flash.
USING TYPE C CAMERAS
Manually set the Flash Output
 Set the Transmitting group(s) for the 622 transmitter. Hold down [Test] and repeatedly press [GP SET] to cycle
through the seven groups. When the desired group is shown, release [Test]. This is the same procedure as
selecting a testing group for the [Test] button.
 Set the Flash mode to Manual (M) using the flash’s control panel.
 Does not support hi-speed sync or other E-TTL functions.
 Max speed sync is 1/250s or less.
SUGGESTIONS
Batteries
Alkaline batteries start at 1.5 volts and hold their voltage until the very end. Rechargeables at 1.2 volts are already 20%
down, and approaching the threshold for the 622. Alkaline characteristics are well suited to this type of device, with a 60-
hour standby time. (NiMH batteries are great as flash batteries, being capable of a rapid discharge into the capacitor.)
Battery Orientation
Flashes are often used in low light. It can be hard to read the embossed polarity markers at the bottom of the recess. Use
a silver marker pen to highlight the two [+] markers.
Camera’s Custom Menu
Set up the Flash Control menu as a Custom Menu item, and make the Custom Menu the first one up.
Hybrid Mode - Master and Slave with 622s
This can be used with two 622s to bridge distance from the camera, and Canon Wireless to fire 2or more flashes. Only
Manual mode is available.
 Place a 622 on-camera.
 Place a Master flash (e.g. 580EX) on an adapter which has only two wires between hot-foot and hot-shoe. (Or,
use a PC-sync cord to an adapter foot.). Then place the adapter and flash on the second 622. Set Master flash
(580EX) as Master, and at a manual power level.
 Set the other flash (e.g. 430EX) to Slave and E-TTL. Ensure the slave’s wireless sensor can see the master’s flash
head.
Test fire. The 622s should communicate, and the remote 622 will fire the Master. In turn, the slave should change to a
manual power level and fire. Try with a different Manual level on the Master.