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US 2009/0060488 A1Published application
Commander flash apparatus and slave flash apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Imaging Corp.
InventorMitsumasa OKUBO
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AssigneeOlympus Imaging Corp.
InventorMitsumasa OKUBO
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A commander flash apparatus for use in a wireless flash system which continuously emits light from the commander flash apparatus, transmits from the commander flash apparatus to a slave flash apparatus the data corresponding to the emission time interval of the commander flash apparatus, and controls the flash emission of a slave flash apparatus includes: a data setting unit for setting emission control data for control of the emission of the slave flash apparatus and emission amount determination data for determination of an amount of emission of the slave flash apparatus as the transmission data; and a data transmission control unit for controlling the emission of the commander flash apparatus so that the emission time interval per bit of the digital data configuring the emission control data can be longer than the emission time interval per bit of the digital data configuring the emission amount determination data.
A commander flash apparatus for use in a wireless flash system which continuously emits light from the commander flash apparatus, transmits data, from the commander flash apparatus to a slave flash apparatus, corresponding to emission time interval of the commander flash apparatus, and controls flash emission of a slave flash apparatus, comprising:
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