Patent ID: 8824881

Claim:
A camera flash system configured for remotely adjusting flash exposure power comprising: a transmitter comprising: a transmitter connecting element configured for coupling the transmitter to a camera, the transmitter being operable to receive camera output data from the camera via the transmitter connecting element, the camera output data including flash exposure power data for a plurality of groups of flash devices remote to the transmitter; a user input unit configured to receive user input data from a user of the camera flash system, the user input data including adjustments to the flash exposure power data for each of the plurality of groups of flash devices independent from others of the plurality of groups of flash devices; and the transmitter being operable to transmit the adjusted flash exposure power data for each of the plurality of groups of flash devices to the corresponding group; and the plurality of groups of flash devices, each group comprising one or more flash devices, the one or more flash devices of each group each having an associated receiver, the receiver comprising: a receiving unit operable to receive the adjusted flash exposure power data corresponding to the group in which the flash device is located from the transmitter; and a receiver connecting element configured for coupling the receiver to one of the at least one flash device, the receiver being operable to transmit the adjusted flash exposure power data to the one of the at least one flash device via the receiver connecting element.