Manual Flash Mode; Manual Flash Exposure Correction - Metz MECABLITZ 48 AF-1 digital Manual De Instrucciones

Setting procedure
TTL
• Press „Mode" until „ BL" flashes in the display.
The setting takes effect immediately. After about 5 seconds the display stops
flashing and the setting is saved automatically. „
display.
Some cameras do not support the matrix-controlled fill-in flash mode in
combination with SPOT exposure metering! This flash mode ( „
will then either be automatically cancelled or cannot be activated in the
first place! In these cases, the normal TTL flash mode will be set.
TTL flash mode
This analogue TTL flash mode is supported by cameras from Groups A, B and C
(see Table 1). It is the normal TTL flash mode (TTL flash mode without preflash)
for analogue cameras and/or various digital compact cameras.
Setting procedure
TTL
• Press „Mode" until „ " flashes in the display.
The setting takes effect immediately. After about 5 seconds the display stops
flashing and the setting is saved automatically. „
Automatic TTL fill-in flash mode
In most camera models the automatic TTL fill-in flash mode is activated in the
automatic program P and in the vari- and subject programs (see camera's ope-
rating instructions).
Fill-in flash mode overcomes troublesome shadows and produces a more balan-
ced exposure between subject and background with contre-jour shots. The
camera's computer-controlled metering system sets the most suitable combina-
tion of shutter speed, aperture and flash output.
Ensure that the contre-jour light source does not shine directly into the
lens, as this will interfere with the camera's TTL metering system!
There is no setting or display for automatic TTL fill-in flash in the flash unit.
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7.2 Manual flash mode

In the manual flash mode
of light if no partial light output has been selected. The specific photographic
TTL
situation can be taken into account by adjusting the aperture setting or by selec-
BL" appears in the
ting a suitable manual partial light setting. The setting area ranges from P 1/1
to P 1/128 in M mode and P1/1 - P1/32 in M-HSS mode. The display shows
the distance at which the subject is correctly lit (see 5.2).
TTL
BL")
Setting procedure
• Press „Mode"
Manual partial light output levels
In manual flash mode
+ ) and ( - ). The setting takes effect immediately and is saved automatically. The
distance display is adjusted to the partial light output automatically (see 5.2).
TTL
" appears in the display.

8 Manual flash exposure correction

The auto flash exposure mode of most cameras is adjusted to a reflection factor
of 25% (the average reflection factor of flash subjects). A dark background that
absorbs much of the light or a highly reflective bright background (backlit shots,
for example) may result in, respectively, underexposure or overexposure of the
subject.
To offset these effects, the flash exposure can be adjusted manually for the shot
with a correction value. The extent of the correction depends on the contrast bet-
ween the subject and background!
M
, the flash unit emits the full uncontrolled amount
M
until „ " flashes in the display.
The setting takes effect immediately. After about 5 seconds the display stops
flashing and the setting is saved automatically. „
M
set the partial light output desired with the buttons (
Various camera models support the manual flash mode
camera mode manual M! In other camera models an error message
appears in the display and the release is locked (see 5.4)!
M
" appears in the display.
M
only in the