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1. Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2. Preparing the flash unit for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.1 Mounting the flash unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.1.1Mounting the flash unit on the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.1.2Removing the flash unit from the camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.2 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.2.1Suitable batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.2.2Replacing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
2.3 Switching the flash unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
2.4 Auto-OFF for the flash unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
3. Programmed Auto Flash Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4. Operating modes of the flash unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.1 TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.1.1Automatic TTL fill-in flash in daylight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.1.2Manual TTL flash exposure correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.1.3Correct exposure indication in TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.2 Multi-zone flash exposure metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.3 ADI flash control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.4 Manual flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.4.1Manual flash mode M with full light output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.4.2Manual flash mode MLo with partial light output levels. . . . . . . . . . 58
4.5 Flash techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.5.1Bounce flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.5.2Close-ups / Macrophotography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.6 Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.6.1Normal synchronisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.6.2REAR - Second-curtain synchronisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.6.3Slow synchronisation / SLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5. Flash unit and camera functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.1 Flash readiness indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.2 Automatic flash sync speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3 Displays in the camera’s viewfinder or LCD monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.1Dynax / Maxxum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.2Dimage 5, 7, 7i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.4 Information in the LC display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4.1Maximum flash range indication in TTL flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4.2
Maximum flash range indication in the manual flash modes M and MLo
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5.4.3Exceeding the display range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4.4Blanking out the maximum flash range display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4.5Meter-Feet changeover (m - ft) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.5 LC display illumination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.6 Motor zoom reflector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5.6.1„Auto-Zoom“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5.6.2Manual zoom mode „M.Zoom“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5.6.3Extended zoom mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5.7 AF measuring beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.8 Triggering control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.9 Modelling light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.10 Return to basic setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6. Special remarks concerning the cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1 Special functions that are not supported in flash mode . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.1Creative P
A and PS program control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.2High speed synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.3Cordless REMOTE flash control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.4Preflash function for red-eye reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7. Optional extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8. Advice in the event of a fault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
9. Maintenance and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
10. Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Guide number table for TTL and full light output M in the imperial system
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