Operation Manual

3. Mode Selection

Your

flash

L-408 can measure both incident and reflected light in both ambient

(strobe or bulb) modes. You can switch the modes as follows:

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[Measured

light)

IMl

light and

See Page 11

speed priority measurement

(Can be stored in memory)i

)

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Exposure priority measurement 1

(Cannot be stored

memory)

3.1

Switching between incident metering and reflected light

metering (with 5-degree viewfinder metering)

Slide the eyepiece cover closed for incident light metering, or open the eyepiece cover

for reflected light metering.

Incident light metering (with cover closed)

Reflected light metering (with cover open)

Caution Set the eyepiece cover at the top or button click position only.

Otherwise, the LCD markings (entire display) will blink and you cannot

I start metering with the measuring switch.

3.2

Switching between lumisphere up and down positions

Manually rotate the lumisphere UP/DOWN ring counterclockwise to move the

lumisphere up. You can now start incident light metering.

Rotate the ring clockwise to retract the lumisphere for balancing light metering.

Lumisphere

up position

Lumisphere

down position

@6%$ Set the lumisphere UP/DOWN ring to one of the dot marked positions.

Any other position will result in incorrect metering.