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[11 Wireless System Setup and Testing
The wireless
flash
system can be setup in one of two ways:
ill
With
a
550EX
set as
the
master
unit
and one or
more
550EXs
sel
as
slave
units.
®
With
Speedlile Transmitter ST-E2 (sold separately) used
as
the master
unit
and
one
or more
550EXs
set as slave
units.
This section
describes the procedure
for
the
former.
For
the latter, refer to
the
Instructions
for
Speedlite
Transmitter
ST
-E2.
1. Setting the 550EX as the Master Unit
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(OFF]
'1'
SLAVE
MASTER
Attach the
550EX
to
the
camera and
set
the wireless
selector
to MASTER
.
This
550EX will
then be
the "masler
unit."
The
master un it's
wireless
signal
is
transmit1ed to the slave
unit(s)
at
almost
the same time as the
preflash.
~
Th' master unit's
fiash
head
loom
sening is set automatically to
m
Z'i
...
.
This
gives
the
UJ
wireless signal
the
maximum
(Xl\/arage
0180".
You
can
also
press
the
Zoom
button
to
change
the
zoom
selling
manually.
However,
this
will
narrow
the
wireless signal·s
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