Manual Sigma EF-500 (page 17 of 81) (English, German, Dutch, French, Italian)

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ATTACHING AND REMOVING THE FLASH TO AND FROM THE

CAMERA

Be sure turn off the Power Switch. Then insert the Shoe Base

into the hot shoe of the camera until it clicks and locks. ձ

ۋ When you attach or remove the flash, grasp the

bottom of the flash to prevent damage to the shoe foot

and camera’s hot shoe.

ۋ If the camera’s built-in flash is set in up position,

please close it before you attach the flash unit.

When you remove the flash, slide the flash unit out of the

camera’s hot shoe, while pressing the release button. ղ

SETTING OF FLASH COVERAGE ANGLE

When you press the ZOOM button symbol appears. Each time you press the ZOOM button, the LCD

panel display will change and indicate the zoom position in sequence, as follows.

㸝Auto㸞

Generally, in the TTL mode, the flash will automatically set the zoom position according to the focal length of your lens.

When you turn on the main switch, the flash will memorize and set the zoom head position to the last setting used.

If you use a lens wider than the flash head setting, there may be under exposed areas around the edge of the picture.

ۋ Depending on the flash head setting, the flash’s Guide Number will be changed.

WIDE PANEL

This flash is equipped with built in type wide panel, which can

provide ultra wide 17mm angle of coverage. Slide out the wide

panel and flip it down to cover flash’s head. Then the coverage

angle setting of the flash will be set to 17mm automatically.

ۋ If the built-in wide panel comes off accidentally, the

ZOOM

button will not function. In this case please contact the store

where you have purchased the flash, or a service station.

LCD PANEL ILLUMINATION

When you press the LIGHT button, the LCD panel will illuminate for about 8 seconds. The illumination stays

on longer than 8sec, if you press the LIGHT button once again.

TTL AUTO FLASH

In the TTL AUTO Mode, the camera will control the amount of flash lighting, to get the appropriate exposure

for the subject.

ۋ Depending on the camera model and lens combination, TTL Flash procedure varies. Please see the

below chart. 㸝In all combinations, TTL will be displayed on the LCD㸞

Maxxum / Dynax 7

Maxxum / Dynax 9

Other Camera Models

D type Lens

ADI metering

Pre-flash metering

Ordinary TTL metering

Non-D type lens

Pre-flash metering

Ordinary TTL metering

ۋ Depending on the Camera or Exposure mode, this equipment will choose fill flash or auto flash. When fill

flash is chosen will blink on the LCD panel of flash.

1. Set the camera’s exposure mode to

Mode.

2. Turn on the power switch of the flash, the TTL mark will appear on

the LCD panel and the flash will start charging.

3. Focus on your subject.

4. Check that the subject is located within the effective flash distance

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