Metz MECABLITZ 64 AF-1 digital Canon - Manual (Page 161)

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 Canon cameras with E-TTL and
E-TTL-II - 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
described above.
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11.6 Shooting format adjustment (Zoom-Size) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
11.7 AF-BEAM (AF auxiliary light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
11.8 Range display in m or ft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
11.9 Flash Bracketing Series (FB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
11.10 Beep function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
11.11 Locking / unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.12 Connecting a power pack (accessory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
12 Favorite programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
13 Flash techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
13.1 Bounce flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
13.2 Bounce flash with a reflector card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
13.3 Close-ups / macro shots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
13.4 Flash exposure memory FE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
14 Flash synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
14.1 Automatic flash sync speed control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
14.2 Normal synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
14.3 Slow synchronisation (SLOW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
14.4 Synch socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
15 Touch display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
15.1 Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
15.2 Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
16 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
16.1 Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
16.2 Conditioning the flash capacitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
16.3 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
17 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
18 Technical data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
19 Optional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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