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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 Flash techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3.1 Bounce flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3.2 Close-ups/Macrophotography. . . . . . . . 28
4.4 Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.4.1 Normal synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.4.2 REAR - Second-curtain synchronisation. . 30
4.4.3 Slow synchronisation/SLOW . . . . . . . . . 34
5.
mecablitz and camera functions . . . . . . 36
5.1 Flash readiness indication . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.2 Automatic flash sync speed control. . . . . 36
5.3 Displays in the camera’s viewfinder . . . . 36
5.4 Information in the LC display . . . . . . . . . 38
5.4.1 Maximum flash range indication
in TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.4.2 Maximum flash range indication in the
manual flash modes M and MLo . . . . . . 40
5.4.3 Exceeding the display range . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4.4 Blanking out the maximum flash range dis-
play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4.5 Meter-Feet changeover (m - ft) . . . . . . . . 40
5.5 LC display illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.6 Motor zoom reflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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