Promote Control User Manual Firmware Version 3.15 © 2014 Promote Systems Manual Revision 23 Promote Control User Manual © 2014 Promote Systems All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher. Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners. The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it. 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Contents 3 Table of Contents Part I Warranty & Product Information 6 Part II FCC/CE Compliance 7 Part III For Your Safety 8 Part IV Compatibility & Version 10 Part V Introduction 11 1 Overv.ie..w................................................................................................................................ 11 2 Box Co..n..t.e..n.t.s.......................................................................................................................... 11 3 Contro..l.s................................................................................................................................ 12 4 Interfa..c.e..s.............................................................................................................................. 13 Part VI Quick Start Guide 14 1 Conne.c..t.i.o.n..s........................................................................................................................... 14 2 Promo..t.e. .C..o..n..t.r.o..l. .S..e.t.u..p............................................................................................................ 15 3 Came.r.a.. .S..e.t.u..p........................................................................................................................ 16 4 Perfor.m...i.n.g.. .B..a..s.i.c. .O...p.e..r.a..t.i.o..n.s.................................................................................................... 16 Part VII Detailed User Guide 18 1 One S.h..o..t. .M..o..d..e...................................................................................................................... 18 2 Time-.L.a..p..s.e.. .M...o.d..e................................................................................................................... 19 3 High D..y.n..a..m..i.c.. .R..a.n..g..e.. .M..o..d..e...................................................................................................... 21 4 Bulb H.D..R................................................................................................................................ 25 5 Bulb R.a..m...p..in..g......................................................................................................................... 26 6 Focus. .S..t.a.c..k.i.n..g....................................................................................................................... 32 7 Video .C..o..n..t.r.o..l........................................................................................................................ 34 8 Manua..l. .S..h.u..t.t.e..r. .H..o..l.d............................................................................................................... 37 9 Hyper.f.o.c..a..l .C..a..l.c.u..l.a..t.o.r.............................................................................................................. 38 Part VIII Advanced Operations 40 1 High D..y.n..a..m..i.c.. .R..a.n..g..e.. .T..im...e..-.L..a.p..s..e............................................................................................. 40 2 Advan.c..e.d.. .B..u..lb.. .R..a..m...p.i.n..g.......................................................................................................... 41 3 Setup. .M..e..n..u........................................................................................................................... 45 Sc.r.e.e..n. .C..o.n..t.r.a.s.t. .................................................................................................................. 45 Us.e. .a.. 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