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Basic Settings Menu
Set Contact Time Screen
Basic Settings
Press ~/MENU B to enter the Basic Settings menu.
Press the corresponding letter for the setting you wish
to adjust.
A: Contact Time – ~/MENU B A
Contact time is the length of time that CAMERA / PORT 1 or FLASH /PORT 2 outputs
remain contacted. The default Contact Time of 0.12 is enough to trigger most camera
motor drives and flashes. Many photographers will never need to adjust this number.
N Contact time is how long the internal switch is held
closed. For example, if the contact time is set to 3
seconds and a camera motor drive is attached to a
MultiMAX, when the MultiMAX triggers the camera it
will hold the contact for 3 seconds. This is identical to
pressing and holding the camera’s trigger button for 3
seconds. The contact time starts as soon as any input
is complete. Input can be from any of the following
sources: TEST button is pressed, hot shoe is
triggered, or radio trigger is received.
N Contact time is NOT the length of time a MultiMAX (set for TRANSMIT mode) will
send a radio triggering signal. Contact time affects PORT 1 and PORT 2 only and
does not affect radio trigger transmission. Pressing and holding TEST on a MultiMAX
(set for TRANSMIT mode) will continuously send the radio trigger signal and hold the
contact on a MultiMAX (set for RECEIVE) as well as the TRANSMIT unit. When the
TEST button is released each unit’s contact time will then begin.
N Additional triggers occurring during contact time are ignored. The default contact
time is 0.12 seconds which triggers all cameras and flash units. A shorter contact time
allows for more triggers per second but may not trigger some motor driven cameras
because it’s too fast. The default setting of 0.12 allows for 8 triggers per second. The
maximum of 30 triggers per second can be obtained by setting contact time to 0.01
seconds.