Metz MECABLITZ 28 AF-3 digital - Manual (Page 83)

Contents:
1. Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
2. Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
2.1 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
2.2 Loading and replacing the batteries . . . . . 86
2.3 Mounting / removing the flash unit . . . . . 87
2.4 Switching the flash unit on and off . . . . . . 87
3.
Flash coverage and reflector attachments 88
4. Flash modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4.1 TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4.2 Only 28 AF-3 C digital:
Canon E-TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
4.3 Only 28 AF-3 M digital:
TTL preflash metering and
ADI-flash metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
4.4 Only 28 AF-3 N digital:
i-TTL and i-TTL-BL flash modes . . . . . . . . . 92
4.5 Only 28 AF-3 O digital:
TTL with preflash for Camedia
digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4.6 Manual flash modes M and MLo . . . . . . . 94
5. Dedicated flash functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.1 Flash readiness indication . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.2 Correct exposure indication. . . . . . . . . . . 95
5.3 Automatic flash sync speed control . . . . . 95
5.4 Manual TTL flash exposure correction. . . . 96
5.5 Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.6 AF measuring beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.7 Automatic maximum flash range indication . 98
5.8 Preflashes for red-eye reduction. . . . . . . . 99
5.9 AUTO-FLASH / Triggering control . . . . . 100
6.
Special functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
6.1 Deactivating the AF measuring beam. . . 100
6.1.1Reactivating the AF measuring beam . . . 101
6.2 Meter-feet changeover (m - ft) . . . . . . . . 101
6.3 Resetting the flash unit’s settings . . . . . . . 101
7.
Troubleshooting, remedies and
after-sales service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8. Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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