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7.1 Metz cordless TTL remote mode

The Metz TTL remote mode is only possible with cameras featuring TTL
flash control!

Setting procedure for Metz TTL remote controller operation:

• Equip the flash unit mounted on the camera with the appropriate SCA

adapter and turn on with the main switch.

Depress the

Mode

button repeatedly until

TTL

flashes on the display.

While the

TTL

mode is flashing, turn the setting disk and select the address

Ad1

Ad2

for the

controller mode. Depress the

Mode

button in the

event that

TTL

is no longer flashing. Briefly press the setting disk in the

direction of arrow for storage. The selected setting will be automatically
stored after 5 seconds if the setting disk is not pressed.

TTL

will then be per-

manently displayed (without flashing), together with

and the slave ad-

dress

Ad1

Ad2

Setting procedure for Metz TTL remote slave operation:
mecablitz unit with slave adapter:

• Equip the 70 MZ-4 slave flash unit with an SCA 3083 slave adapter, and

the 40 MZ-.. slave flash unit with an SCA 3080 or 3082 slave adapter.

• Switch on the mecablitz with the main switch. The mecablitz is automatical-

ly set to

TTL

mode, and

(slave mode) is indicated on the LC display. The

adjusted slave address is

Ad1

(or the last selected address).

If you wish to change the slave address, press the

Mode

button. The

TTL

mode icon will then flash.

• Turn the setting disk and select

Ad2

. Push the setting disk in the direction of

the arrow for storage.

mecablitz unit without slave adapter (Fig. 4):

The 50 MZ-5 und 70 MZ-5 flash units are automatically converted into slaves
when the control unit is disconnected.

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mecablitz with and without slave adapter:

When in remote mode, the power zoom reflector of the mecablitz is
automatically adjusted to the 24 mm position in order to achieve the
widest possible illumination. This reflector position can be manually
changed (see Chapter 12.).

• When flash readiness is reached, the flash-ready indicator of the slave lights

up and the AF measuring beam starts flashing. An additional acoustic signal
(bleep) can be activated to indicate flash readiness (see Chapter 12.). This is
useful when there is no visual contact with the AF measuring beam or the
flash-ready indicator.

Press the manual firing button of the mecablitz controller mounted on the
camera to fire a test flash.

• The slave will respond with a delayed flash to indicate that it is ready for

operation. When several slave units are operated, then all slaves will
acknowledge flash readiness simultaneously.
If a slave does not respond by firing a time-delayed flash, then this means
that the sensor in the slave adapter has not received a light pulse from the
master unit. Direct the sensor towards the master flash so that it can receive
a light pulse and then repeat procedure 3.

A particularly short distance between controller and slave unit may
cause the camera’s electronic system to cut off the flash before the
slave has received its light pulse. In such an event widen the distance
between the controller and slave or select a higher f-number and
repeat procedure No. 3.

Checking and changing the slave address on the 50 MZ-5 und 70 MZ-5:

The Co1 or Co2 controller address is permanently adjusted after a test flash
has been fired as described in the adjusting procedure, step 3. The flashing
flash-ready signal on the 50 MZ-5 or 70 MZ-5 indicates the address to
which the slave has been adjusted.
Controller address Co1 has been set if the flash-ready light on the handle
flashes in a single second cycle (- - - - -). Double flashing of the flash-ready
light in a single second cycle (-- -- -- -- --) indicates controller address Co2.

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