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Remember that the camera's auto exposure con- trol works only with constant light sources such as sunlight or photo floods and not with an instan- taneous source such as a flashbulb or an electronic flash .

Setting the synch selector

To set the camera for flashbulb, lift up the milled synch selector ring around the shutter-speed dial and turn it until the bulb symbol appears in the selector window. For speedlight, follow the same procedure until the lightning-bolt symbol appears. The table below shows which shutter speeds are acceptable with different types of flashbulbs and speedlights.

Caution : Flash units without a hot shoe may fire accidentally when being slipped into place or when a flashbulb is inserted. Although not recommended, acci- dental firing may be prevented by covering the hot-shoe contact on the camera body with electrical tape.

Shutter speed (sec.)

Flashbulb

Symbol

1

2

4

1/1000

1/500

1/250

1/125

1/60

1/30

1/15

1/8

1/4

1/2

B

M

a

FP

MF

x

~

(Speed light)

'---'I=Synchronized '----'I=Cannot be used

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