User guide
The Other YN-622C User Guide
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CONTENTS
Introduction Contents
• Glossary
Camera compatibility
• Type A – Camera menu Control
• Type B – Flash button Control
• Type C - Sync Only
Flash compatibility
• Class 1 – Camera-set ETTL and Manual
• Class 2 – Camera-set ETTL, flash Manual
• Class 3 – Camera-set ETTL, no manual
• Class 4 - Sync Only
• Class 5 - Studio Strobes
Getting Started
• Transmitter on Type A Camera
• Remote Flashes
• On-Top Flash
• PC-sync Flash
• Factory Reset
• Testing lighting setup
• Using a Light Meter
• First Shots
YN Remote & Mix Modes
• Remote Control
• Mix Control
• More creative scenarios
Canon Flash Control Menus
• E-TTL Mode
• Type A cameras
• Type B cameras
• Ratio
• Flash Exposure Compensation FEC
• Flash Exposure Lock FEL
• Flash Exposure Bracketing FEB
Manual Mode
• Remote Manual
• On-flash Manual
Multi-Mode (Stroboscopic)
Shutter Sync Modes
• First Curtain
• Second Curtain
• Fast-Shutter Sync
• Simple Trigger
Camera Features
Ambient-only Shot
High-speed Continuous Shooting
Live View
Modelling Light
Flash features
• Flash zoom / coverage
• LCD Display
• Pilot Indicator
622 Features
• AF-assist beam
• Sleep Wakeup
• Status Indicator
• Group Indicators
Using Type B Cameras
Using Type C Cameras
Suggestions
Trouble Shooting
Other Resources
Specifications
Glossary
Hot-shoe, Hot-foot, Cold-shoe: The hot-shoe is the accessory fitting on top of camera and transceiver. The
hot-foot goes into the hot-shoe, e.g. bottom of a flash or transceiver. A cold-shoe holds a hot-foot without
making contact with the pins.
Transmitter (TX, Controller): The transceiver when mounted on the camera hot-shoe.(Transceiver will still act
as a Receiver to another transceiver on the same channel.)
Receiver (RX, Slave): The transceiver when used to connect a flash by hot-shoe or by a PC-sync cable.
Remote Flash: A flash connected to a Receiver, by hot-shoe or by cable.
On-top flash: A hot-shoe flash mounted on the Transmitter. It has some special features.
622: a convenient abbreviation for a YN-622C Transceiver.