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Popular Sony HVL-F42AM Manual Pages
Operating Instructions - Page 53
..., do not immerse this instruction manual. The use .
Do not install the batteries with a damaged cord or if the appliance has been dropped or damaged-
Use only the batteries specified in... electric shock, or injury to a qualified serviceman when service or repair work is used subsequently. Do not subject batteries to improper use of different types, brands or ages. Let appliance cool...
Operating Instructions - Page 54
... matters please refer to the addresses given in separate service or guarantee documents. Instead it shall be treated as household waste. Notice for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
GB 4 For any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling...
Operating Instructions - Page 56
... 16
Basics
Program auto flash (The basics 17 Recording modes 20
Applications
Zoom flash coverage 22 Changing the power level (LEVEL 26 Test-flash 27 Bounce flash 28 AF illuminator 31 Manual flash (M 32 High-speed sync (HSS 34 Wireless flash mode (WL 36 Custom setting 44
Additional Information
Flash range 49 Notes on use 52 Maintenance 53 Specifications 54
GB 6
Operating Instructions - Page 57
... on
dashboards or near a heater may lead to a malfunction. Before use or in storage, do not place it in the following locations. Do not place this flash unit in any of the following locations Regardless of the
camera.* * When Sony digital single-lens reflex camera (other sandy areas or where dust clouds occur, protect the unit...
Operating Instructions - Page 65
... indicators disappear after
60 minutes. • You can change the time until power save, or disable power save. (page 44) • The power of the flash unit is turned off automatically when the POWER switch
of the camera is set to OFF.* * When Sony digital single-lens reflex camera (other than DSLR-A100) is used.
15 GB
Operating Instructions - Page 71
Manual exposure mode flash photography (M) 1 Select the M mode on the camera. 2 Press the MODE button to reduce the flash range, or open the aperture (i.e. increase the f-stop ) to turn on the Flash-ON lamp
[ ].
• Fill-flash is selected.
3 Set the aperture and shutter speed, and focus the
subject.
• Reduce the aperture (i.e. Basics
Shutter speed priority flash photography...
Operating Instructions - Page 73
... the focal length of the equivalent 35mm-format focal length.
23 GB Applications
Manual zoom
You can manually set to less than the focal length of the lens in use , the periphery of the screen darkens.
• The flash coverage of the manual zoom on the display panel corresponds to the angle of view of the...
Operating Instructions - Page 76
... in the following order. 1/1 t 1/2 t 1/4 t 1/8 t 1/16 t 1/32 t AUTO t 1/1 t . . .
• In manual flash photography, if the power level is lit.
Manual flash
The power level for a mode other than the M mode of the camera (page 44).
• For details on the display panel is set at 1/1 then the flash will go off at full power. The power level range...
Operating Instructions - Page 77
... the temperature of this unit rises at intervals of 1 second when overheating is detected.
• The flash operation is a function which set in the LEVEL setup. Check the light level using the test flash when you use of the flash unit for 10 minutes to allow the temperature of the unit to the current state of the...
Operating Instructions - Page 82
... low reflectivity. In other
modes, TTL measuring is automatically selected. • As manual flash is not affected by the reflectivity of the subject and the camera setting. • Manual flash can only be used when the camera is convenient
for the subject. GB 32 Manual flash provides a fixed flash intensity irrespective of the brightness of the subject, it is in the...
Operating Instructions - Page 83
... power level, refer to page 49.
• The flash range check indication of the subject and the camera setting. Some cameras enable P-TTL metering, which adds pre-flash to TTL metering, and ADI metering, which adds distance data to the specifications in the operating instructions supplied with your lens.
33 GB Applications
3 Press the LEVEL button to...
Operating Instructions - Page 88
... zoom position for the HVL-F42AM is being used nearby, you can change the channel to "CH1" or "CH2" in the custom settings to prevent interference (page 44).
• When photographing with the wireless flash, the flash unit may in use a flash meter or color meter in wireless flash mode because the camera's built-in pre-flash goes off by mistake...
Operating Instructions - Page 93
...
For details, refer to the operating instructions supplied with Color Temperature Info
Flash unit sends color temperature info to the wireless flash mode. Applications
Setting wireless flash by α camera. • This function works when Sony digital single-lens reflex camera (other than
DSLR-A100) is used. • This function works with TTL flash mode using the clip-on the wireless...
Operating Instructions - Page 94
...] and the Wireless flash lamp [ WL] blink at the same time.
GB 44 The following five items may be changed as follows.
1 Press the HSS button for three seconds while the
POWER switch is set to power save when using wireless flash (60 minutes/none) • Recording modes in which manual flash may be changed as...
Operating Instructions - Page 99
...
5.3
6.2
6.7
7.4
* When the wide panel is attached.
Guide number
35 mm-format or manual flash (ISO100)
Power Level
Flash Coverage Settings (mm)
16*
24
28
35
50
70
105
1/1
13
23...Flash range
When using normal flash
You can get the correct flash range for normal photography, such as when using the program auto flash (P) or the manual flash (M), etc., by using the following guide...
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