User Manual
Flash tips
Metz – always rst class.
Brilliant light for the perfect moment.
Using a flash no longer simply means making a dark subject lighter. Anyone using additional
light when taking a shot can creatively manipulate the light to suit their requirements – aiming
it directly at the subject, indirect flash with a reflector, or even flash “without constraints” with
devices that can be used independently of the camera. Many Metz flash units make it possible
to calibrate light levels, weighting them as desired to deliver just the right mood lighting. Even
by day, the right flash can deliver better photos; brightening shadows or contre-jour to give
pictures undreamt of sharpness and brilliance.
Bouncing flash
When it comes to portraits, turning or
rotating the reflector head for a bouncing
flash can be highly eective. Light can be
deflected via a special reflector umbrella
or a flip-out reflector card integrated into
the flash unit itself – to create so harmo-
nious lighting.
Spanning great distances
Thanks to digital flash control (e.g. E-TTL)
the light output of a Metz system flash unit
can be controlled via the camera. In order
to preserve the ambient mood lighting,
the shutter speed should be longer than
the flash sync speed – but no longer than
⁄second for portraits.
Flash tip