Metz 54 MZ-3 operating instructions Fill-in flash in automatic mode, Example

Fill-in flash in daylight

Lampo di schiarita nel Modo Auto

Destellos de aclaración con luz diurna

8.2 Fill-in flash in automatic mode

•Switch on the mecablitz with the main switch.

•Depress the Mode button repeatedly until A flashes on the display. Push the setting disk in the direction of the arrow to store this setting. The selected operating mode will be automatically stored after approx. 5 seconds if the setting disk is not pressed. The A symbol will remain permanent and stop flashing after storage.

☞In automatic mode the flash is controlled by the sensor built into the mecablitz. Ensure that backlight does not shine directly on to the sen- sor as this will confuse the electronics of the flash unit.

Use the camera’s or a hand-held exposure meter, to establish the required aperture and shutter speed for a normal exposure. Ensure that the shutter speed either equals, or is slower than the fastest flash synch speed (varies with different camera models).

Example:

Established aperture = f/8;

established shutter speed = 1/60th sec.

Flash synch speed of the camera e.g. 1/100th sec. (see operating instructions for the given camera).

The two established values for aperture and shutter speed can be set on the camera because the camera’s shutter speed is slower than the camera’s flash sync speed.

To obtain a balanced fill-in light, for instance in order to retain the character of the shadows, it is advisable to select on the flashgun an auto aperture that is one incre- ment lower than the aperture set on the camera. In our example f/8 was set on the camera. Consequently, we advise you to set f/5.6 on the flash unit.

If the mecablitz is fitted with an SCA 3xx2 adapter and the camera automatically transmits the f-stop values to the mecablitz, then manual aperture setting is no longer possible! In this case manual flash-exposure correction can be used in the automatic flash mode (see Chapter 14).

Manual flash-exposure correction in automatic mode can also be used if the camera does not transmit any data to the mecablitz.

Additional correction of the aperture value is then no longer necessary!

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