Proﬁles, Making a proﬁle | Hasselblad H2 manual

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Proﬁles

The proﬁles feature allows rapid access to pre-determined combinations of settings that increase the speed and security of workﬂow. One exam- ple might be in a social situation where there might be a need for formal outdoor portraiture followed by informal indoor handheld ﬂash-assisted wide-angle shots, both situations requiring very different settings in a stressful environment. By predetermining the relevant settings required beforehand for each situation, they can be saved collectively as a proﬁle. By calling up the proﬁle, you can then be assured that all the settings are correct at the press of one button.

For example, you might choose – autofocus single, bracketing, pro- grammed exposure, etc – for outdoors. Once set, you would click on the red PROFILES button, select a proﬁle name and press SAVE. A new name can be entered for the new proﬁle - ‘Outdoors’, for instance - and saved again. New settings are made for the indoor shots changing to ﬂash, Pv setting, etc and the procedure repeated. By simply accessing ‘Outdoors’ or ‘Indoors’ in the proﬁle list, all the relevant settings will be instantly and correctly implemented to match the situation.

There are four proﬁles: Standard, Full auto, Studio and Fill ﬂash. All except Standard can be changed and renamed.

The pre-set proﬁles feature the following:

Standard: normal ﬂash, autofocus (single), single drive, autoexposure (aperture priority), average metering, user button -None

Full auto: normal ﬂash, autofocus (single), single drive, programmed ex- posure, centre weighted metering, user button -None

Studio: normal ﬂash, manual focus, single drive, manual exposure, spot metering. user button - AF drive

Fill ﬂash: normal ﬂash (-1.7EV), autofocus (single), single drive, autoex- posure, average metering.

All user proﬁles can be restored to default values again simply by remov- ing the battery and holding down the MENU and DRIVE buttons togeth- er and while keeping them depressed, replace the battery. There will be an audible signal that denotes the restoration.

Making a proﬁle

1)Activate the camera and go through the various settings (for example, autofocus, aperture priority, ﬁll ﬂash exposure com- pensation, etc.) you require for the particular purpose and save them as you go.

2)When all the required settings have been made, click (not press!) the PROFILES button (ON.OFF button) on the grip and the proﬁle screen will appear.

3)Use either the front or rear control wheel to scroll through the list of proﬁles. Choose a proﬁle name (except Standard). You can either save the new settings under this name or change the name you want to change.

4)Press Save (DRIVE button).

The Proﬁle name screen is then displayed where you can rename the proﬁle to what suits you (see section Imprint / Text 4.2.2 further on in this manual for procedure details).

5)Press Save (DRIVE button) to keep the combination of set- tings with the new name.

To use a proﬁle from the main screen, press the PROFILES button to reach the proﬁles screen again. Scroll down the list to the proﬁle