User Manual

Servo mode (light controlled):
With the mecablitz 28 CS-2
digital, you have a pure slave
flash unit at your disposal that only
flashes when you want it to – with
any camera. This is made possible
by its learning function, which
recognizes the pre-flash of your camera and
only responds to its main flash. With this
model, the picture results can be controlled
very easily via the plus/minus buttons.
Metz slave mode
(wireless Metz remote system):
This clever Metz system facilitates targeted
light control for two Metz flash units. Here,
one is attached directly to the camera as a
so-called master flash. In contrast, the other
slave flash unit can be positioned anywhere
in the room. For this type of slave mode,
a current Metz SCA flash unit is equipped
with an SCA slave adapter (SCA-3083)
instead of the SCA camera adapter, which
is used for a conventional flash.
This slave adapter makes addition-
al slave qualities possible. By
using a mecalux 11 as a server
flash trigger, a flash unit can also
be activated. However, all settings
must be made on the flash unit
itself here.
Slave mode for the respective camera
manufacture:
The three system flash units mecablitz
58 AF-2 digital, mecablitz 50 AF-1 digital
und 44 AF-1 digital open up another way to
use slave mode. These models can be used
as intelligent slave versions, supporting the
flash modes of the respective camera
manufacturers. In addition, the mecablitz
58 AF-2 digital has a master
function that you can always use
if the integrated flash of the
camera doesn’t provide a master
mode.
Slave/servo mode at close range:
The Metz macro flash is fixed directly on
the subject and creates precise yet creative
lighting for close-ups. In addition to
which the Metz mecablitz 15 MS-1 digital
can also be used in its slave function for
effectively brightening up dark areas of
the picture.
Side lighting
The slave flash mode is interesting in order to
obtain especially varied directed lighting. Com-
pletely without a cable (wireless), this method
can be used to place and trigger an external
flash at any place in the room. In this way, inter-
esting additional lighting can be set, whether in
the form of a light accent or a side light, for
example. Naturally, multiple slaves can be used
at the same time. It is particularly exciting to use
this to obtain separate lighting for the subject
and the background of the picture.
FLASH TIP
SLAVE/SERVO FLASH UNITS
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