Metz MECABLITZ 34 AF-3 N, Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents
1. Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
2. Preparing the mecablitz for use . . . . . . .25
2.1 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
2.2 Loading and replacing the batteries . . . . . .25
2.3 Automatic flashgun cut-out circuit . . . . . . .26
2.4 Mounting/Removing the mecablitz . . . . . . .26
3. Setting the mecablitz into operation . . .27
3.1 Preconditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
3.2 Switching the flashgun on and off . . . . . . .27
4. Flashgun instructions to the camera . . .28
4.1 Flash-ready indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
4.2 Automatic flash sync speed control . . . . . .28
4.3 Correct-exposure indication . . . . . . . . . . .28
4.4 Information displayed in the
camera’s viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
5. TTL flash control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
6. Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
6.1 Normal synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
6.2 Slow-synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
6.3 Second curtain synchronisation . . . . . . . . .32
7. Flash in the individual camera modes . .33
8. Autofocus measuring flash . . . . . . . . . . .34
9. Flash techniques and flash functions . .36
9.1 Automatic fill-in flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
9.2 Exposure correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
9.3 Flash exposure sequences . . . . . . . . . . . .36
10. Lighting and wide-angle/telephoto attachment . .37
11. Care and maintenance -
Manual firing button
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
12. Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Lightning distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
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