Nissin MARK II DI622 User Manual

Bounce lighting

When lighting a subject in front of the 

wall, an unnecessary sharp shadow 

on the wall results the picture 

disappointed. Bounce the light off the 

ceiling or wall to soften the light on 

the subject, and the shadow fade out.

Turn the flash head up. It turns upward to 45° >60° >75° >90°.

Or tilt the flash head sideway to left 30° >60° >90° or to right 30° 

>60° >90° >120° >150° >180°.

Or mixing it upward/ sidway, you can set it at multiple directions 

as shown.

When the flash head stays at turning or tilting position, the zoom 

setting position of Di622 Mark II is automatically set at the position for 

50mm focal length lens. 

The wall or ceiling in this case should be flat surface and white color 

is preferable. Colored ceiling or wall may reflect its color on the 

subject. 

AF assist light emitter

Under the low light condition, in the dark place, AF assist light will 

automatically emit the beam and illuminate the subject, so that the 

camera can easily focus the subject in darkness. The beam is however 

not shown in the picture.

Focus the subject.

Pre-flash is fired to pre-set the correct light 

amount for the main subject.

Remarks: FEL only work on P, TV, AV, M & 

A-Dep mode.

Set the picture frame as you desire and release the 

When the back ground of the main subject is too bright, the camera’s 

exposure reading system adjusts the flash light intensity for such back 

ground condition and it result the main subject underexposed. Or in case 

the main subject is not placed in the center of the viewfinder, flash picture 

may result the aimed subject under or over exposure. 

You can lock the correct flash exposure for the aimed subject in such a 

condition. This flash exposure pre-set remains locked in, even if you 

change the aperture or zoom the lens in and out. This mode can only be 

set on the camera.

Flash Power Lock

With Canon cameras:

FE lock

Aim the viewfinder center over the main 

subject and press [   ] button on the camera 

(or [ FEL ] button on some cameras).

Focus the subject.

Set the Fv lock mode at the menu on your 

camera.

With Nikon cameras:

Fv lock

Aim the viewfinder center over the main 

subject and press [ AE-L ] button on the 

camera (or [ AF-L ] button on some cameras).

Following functions are available on Nikon cameras. 

Refer to camera owner's manual for details.

The flash is controlled at a slow shutter speed to the 

correct exposure for both the main subject and back 

ground in low light conditions or at night.

For Nikon Version only

Slow shutter synchronization

To prevent the subject's eyes from appearing read, 

Di622 Mark II fires three controlled flash just before 

the picture is taken.  Red-eye reduction can be 

combined with slow sync.

Red-eye reduction

In rear-curtain sync., the flash fires just before the rear 

curtain close. By using this function at slow shutter 

speeds, a moving subject will appear with such 

moving marks behind.

Rear curtain synchronization

When the flash unit is turned on, it is automatically set for TTL (E-TTL 

II / E-TTL for Canon, or i-TTL for Nikon) automatic flash mode.  In 

this mode, the mode select indicator does not light.

You can select the power by pressing the 

-- / + button, from the left to right, 1/32 

– 1/16 – 1/8 – 1/4 – 1/2 – 1/1(Full) 

power.

Select your desired F--stop and / or shutter speed.  

Point the subject and press the shutter.

Set the camera shooting mode to either [ AV ](Canon), 

[ A ](Nikon),  or [ M ].

The color of mode select indicator turns to 

Red as shown in the picture.

Press the mode select button.

In some occasion, or for special expression, you may need your own 

flash exposure instead of automatic controlled exposure. You can set 

Di622 Mark II for non-automatic flash mode, and select the desired 

flash power from 6 different levels

Manual Exposure Flash

Red