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1.
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.
Preparing the mecablitz for use . . . . . . 12
2.1 Mounting the mecablitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.1 Mounting the mecablitz on the camera . . 12
2.1.2 Removing the mecablitz from the camera 12
2.2 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.1 Suitable batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.2 Replacing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3 Switching the flash unit on and off . . . . . 14
2.4 Auto-OFF for mecablitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.
Programmed Auto Flash Mode . . . . . . . 18
4.
Operating modes of the mecablitz . . . . 20
4.1 TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.1 Automatic TTL fill-in flash in daylight . . . 22
4.1.2 Manual TTL flash exposure correction . . . 22
4.1.3 Correct exposure indication in
TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.2 Manual flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.2.1 Manual flash mode M with full light output . . 26
4.2.2 Manual flash mode MLo with
partial light output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.3 “SB” spot beam mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.
Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.1 Normal synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2 REAR - Second-curtain synchronisation. . 30
5.3 Slow synchronisation/SLOW . . . . . . . . . 32
6.
Flash techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.1 Bounce flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.2 Contrast control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6.3 Close-ups/Macrophotography. . . . . . . . 38
7.
mecablitz and camera functions . . . . . . 40
7.1 Flash readiness indication . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2 Automatic flash sync speed control. . . . . 40
7.3 Symbols in camera viewfinder . . . . . . . . 42
7.3.1 Flash readiness indication . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.3.2 Correct exposure confirmation in TTL
flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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