Metz MECABLITZ 64 AF-1 digital Pentax - Manual (Page 163)

Introduction
Thank you for choosing a Metz product. We are delighted to welco-
me you as a customer.
You will of course be impatient to start using the flash unit.
However, it is worthwhile reading the operating instructions and
learning how to use the unit correctly.
This flash unit is suited for:
• Digital Pentax cameras with P TTL flash metering.
This flash unit is not suited for other brands of cameras.
Take a look at the diagrams at the end of the manual.
Declaration
Tip, note
Attention - Extremely important safety
information!
Proper Use
This flash unit is intended solely for taking pictures of motifs in the
photographic field. It may be operated only with the accessories
described in this instruction manual or the accessories approved by
Metz.
The flash unit may not be used for any purpose other than that des-
cribed above.
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11.7 Shooting format adjustment (Zoom-Size) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.8 AF-BEAM (AF auxiliary light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.9 Range display in m or ft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
11.10 Flash Bracketing Series (FB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
11.11 Beep function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
11.12 Locking / unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
11.13 Connecting a power pack (accessory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
12 Favorite programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
13 Flash techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
13.1 Bounce flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
13.2 Bounce flash with a reflector card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
13.3 Close-ups / macro shots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
13.4 Flash exposure memory FE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
14 Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
14.1 Automatic flash sync speed control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
14.2 Normal synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
14.3 Slow synchronisation (SLOW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
14.4 Synch socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
15 Touch display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
15.1 Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
15.2 Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
16 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
16.1 Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
16.2 Conditioning the flash capacitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
16.3 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
17 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
18 Technical data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
19 Optional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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