Nikon R1 User Manual

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Press the [ON/OFF] buttons to turn on the camera, 
the Commander and remote flash units.

• Ensure that the red ready-lights come on and the flash 

units have been fully recycled.

• Ensure that Wireless flash, Commander mode and 

CLS-compatible camera indicators are all displayed 
on the LCD panel.

Setting the Commander functions
Set the Commander’s Commander functions. 

• Press and hold the [SEL](FUNC.) button for approx. 2 

seconds to toggle between the Commander mode and 
Repeating (RPT) mode.

Setting the flash mode of the remote flash units
Set the remote flash unit’s flash mode to TTL, Auto 
Aperture flash (AA), M, or --- (flash canceled).

• Press the [SEL](FUNC.) button to display the flash 

mode

 (

blinking) for each group. Press the [MODE] 

button to set the flash mode.

Setting the flash output level compensation of the 
remote flash units (in TTL or Auto Aperture flash 
(AA) mode)
The flash output level compensation values can 
be set in 1/3 step increments or decrements from 
+3.0 to -3.0 EV.

• Flash output level compensation values can be set 

separately for each group.

• Press the [SEL](FUNC.) button to display the flash 

output level compensation value (blinking) for the 
group. Press the [

W] or [X] button to increase or 

decrease the value. Press the [SEL](FUNC.) button 
again and the value will stop blinking. The last value to 
blink is the one that has been set automatically.

• The values are displayed in decimal format, like 0.3 for 

1/3, and 0.7 for 2/3.

• Continuously pressing the [

W] or [X] button quickly 

increases or decreases the value.

• The value blinks during adjustment and stops after 

blinking six times unless an adjustment is made. The 
last value to blink is the one that has been set 
automatically.

Display in Commander 
mode