MultiMAX Operating Essentials

Selecting which camera or flash zone triggers is as easy as pressing a button in "Selective Quad Triggering" mode. Conveniently select or deselect which flash and/or camera triggers wirelessly in any combination with up to 16 different channels without ever leaving the camera position.

On any channel between 17 and 32 you may set up as many as four zones (of lighting or cameras) for selective triggering. Each Quad-Triggering Zone is designated by a letter: A, B, C or D. Each zone may have as many flash units or cameras triggered on the zone as needed. .

The L button controls the "Local" flash unit, which is connected to the MultiMAX with a flash cord. Typically the local flash is on a flash bracket at the camera position. You can select or deselect the Local flash from triggering with the camera simply by pressing the L button.

Example of Selective Quad-Triggering:
You are shooting in a large room which requires several flash units in order to raise the overall light level. During your shoot you will be changing camera position often and direct flash or flare is possible from your lighting. With Selective Quad-Triggering you can turn off those flash units that may cause a problem.

How to set it up?
At each flash unit position, connect a MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE mode), and select the channel frequency number (only 17 to 32 offer Quad-Triggering) and the Quad-Triggering zone (A, B, C or D).

Each MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE mode) must be set to the same channel as the MultiMAX (set for TRANSMIT mode). Each MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE mode) must also be assigned a Quad-Triggering zones letter (A, B, C or D). For example: the display on one of the Receivers would display 17A.

With all four zones of lighting set up, your ready to experience "Selective Quad-Triggering" (remote control triggering). If your camera was facing the flash units set for 17A and 17B, you most likely would not want them to triggering during the exposure (avoiding the actual flash units from appearing in the image causing lens flare) so shut them off by pressing A and B on your MultiMAX (set for TRANSMIT mode). The letters A and B will disappear, but C and D zones will remain displayed on the LCD panel. Zones C and D represent the flash units positioned at the opposite side of the room, triggering behind the camera.

If you change the camera position to face C and D flash units, simple press C and D to turn them off and then press A and B to turn on the flash units that are now behind the camera. Any combination of zones can be set to trigger or not to trigger, its all at your command.

Please Note: Selective Quad-Triggering control is also possible with remote motor driven cameras.

Continue until each MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE mode) is assigned to a separate zone. (Only one Zone can be assigned to a MultiMAX (set to RECEIVE mode).

NOTE: If you want more than one flash units in a zone, set each MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE mode) to the same zone letter.

On a separate MultiMAX (set to TRANSMIT mode) (at the camera's position), press A, B, C or D to select or deselect a Quad-Triggering Zone.

Only those zone letters displayed on the MultiMAX (set for TRANSMIT mode) screen will be triggered.

In the example at right, all Zones will be triggered, plus the local flash.

The REAR CURTAIN SYNC time will be displayed as a number.

NOTE: your screen should read DELAY: 0.1190 for 1/8 sec., not 0.5000)

Each trigger will be delayed by this time.

The time between each trigger will be displayed as a number after "INTERVAL".

The remaining amount of triggers is displayed after "COUNT" and this number will count from the selected number of "exposures" down to zero.

Connect your MultiMAX to a camera via a camera motor drive cable to PORT 2 to trigger at the beginning of the first interval or PORT 1 to trigger  at the end of the first interval.

Press the TEST button to begin the intervalometer sequence.