Z-240 settings?

I have recently acquired a pair of Z-240's for my Canon G9 and these strobes are the first INON's I have used - previously I used Sea and Sea YS-25's.

The manuals seem to full of inconsistencies and contradictions and I seem to be going around in circles trying to come to terms with the various settings.

My G9 is setup with INON fibre-optic sync cables. The G9 is capable of TTL flash metering and puts out a pre flash in Av, Tv and P modes. I'd be really gratefull if some of you would share your experience... Thanks in advance.

Well, with the Canon, if I am not wrong, you can onlu shoot TTL in automatic modes, not in manual. So, if you shoot Av,TV or P modes, you can use S-TTL.

To use S-TTL you need to set the mode to S-TTL (or S-TTL Low por macro), set the ACS to on (lower right button out) and set the power to 12 o'clock (upper right dial). Then, you will be able to fine tune the strobe power with the power dial (less power to the left, more power to the right).

In manual camera mode (or to shoot manual in any other mode) you should set the mode dial to M or FULL, and then set the power with the power dial (from 9 o'clock, minimum power). In this mode, the ACS should be off (lower right button pushed).

In manual camera mode you can try a kind of automatic strobe power using the Auto mode in the strobes. In that mode, you should set the mode dial to Auto (obviously) and set the aperture you are using in the camera with the power dial (ISO 100). The strobe senses the reflected light and adjusts power.

BTW, I have just remembered there's good info in this Reef Photo article.

Hope it helps.

It does LyN and defoggs all 51 pages of the Basic Manual and 88 pages of the Advanced Operation. Thanks.

To use S-TTL you need to set the mode to S-TTL (or S-TTL Low por macro), set the ACS to on (lower right button out) and set the power to 12 o'clock (upper right dial). Then, you will be able to fine tune the strobe power with the power dial (less power to the left, more power to the right).

Hope it helps.

One important thing is that when in S-TTL or S-TTL Low, the ACS is automatically turned on. This means that for the G9, you can just leave the ACS switch set to off (for M camera setting) and switch into S-TTL and all will work when shooting P-Av-Tv. Saves an extra switch to throw when going from M to P-Av-Tv