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For owners of the quartz date model, Flash – slow sync, Exposing the date/time – Polaroid MAXXUM HTsi User Manual

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FOR OWNERS OF THE QUARTZ DATE MODEL

1. Press the MODE button to choose

the data imprinting format.

• The display changes as follows:

2. Take the picture.

• If the print indicator blinks after the shutter is

released, the data was exposed.

The Quartz-data function lets you record the date or time onto the
lower-right corner of the photograph. The quartz data back has an
automatic calendar through the year 2019.

• Imprinted data may be difficult to read if the lower-right corner of the

photograph is bright or non-uniform.

• Imprinting size and position may differ according to printing conditions.
• Do not use the data back when temperatures exceed the operating range of

0 to 50 °C (32 to 122 °F).

Exposing the Date/Time

Before taking the picture…

MODE button

SELECT button

ADJUST button

Print indicator

In P and A-modes, slow-shutter
sync sets a slower shutter speed to
increase the background or ambient
lighting exposure in a flash picture.
Flash output will automatically be
decreased to maintain a correct

exposure of your subject.

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FLASH – Slow Sync

1. Frame your subject.

2. While pressing the spot/AE

lock button, press the shutter-
release button all the way
down to take the picture.

• If the background is bright or a large

aperture is set (A-mode), the shutter speed
may not be reduced.

• Use a tripod if the shutter speed becomes

too slow to allow sharp, hand-held pictures
after you press the spot/AE lock button.

and the locked exposure will be

displayed in the viewfinder.

Slow-shutter Sync

Conventional Flash

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