SIGMA EF-500 - Manual (Page 20)

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If it still blinks, after this procedure, check the battery power.
ADJUSTING THE FLASH HEAD
Depress the Bounce “Up and Down” Lock and Release Button, and
adjust the flash head to the desired position.
ۋ appears on the LCD panel, when you turn on the flash, and if this
mark blinks, then the flash head is adjusted to an incorrect position.
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 on the camera and turn the Shoe
Locking Ring until it is tight.
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.
ۋ To remove the flash, rotate the shoe-locking ring in
the opposite direction of ◄LOCK mark, until it stops.
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.
Ѝ Ѝ Ѝ Ѝ Ѝ
Ѝ 㸝 Auto㸞 Ѝ
Generally, in the ETTL (TTL) mode, the flash will automatically set the zoom position according to the focal
length of your lens.
ۋ
When you turn on the main switch, the flash will memorize and set the zoom head position to the last setting used.
ۋ 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.
ETTL (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.
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“A” type cameras can be set in ETTL mode. “B” type cameras can be set in TTL mode.