User's Manual

113
TRUE EXPOSURE
CHANGING UNKNOWN LANGUAGE ON SENSOR UNIT
Light level at
image plane
T fully open
T stopped down = T fully open
(using True Exposure)
T stopped down > T fully open
(without True Exposure)
Time
Maximum aperture
Stopped down one stop with True Exposure mode ON
Stopped down one stop with True Exposure mode OFF
True Exposure is an HC/HCD lens function that allows the
shutter speed to remain un-aected when stopping down.
This eect is perhaps not so commonly understood as it is
restricted specically to integral lens shutters as opposed to
focal plane shutters.
When a lens is stopped down, the eective shutter speed
becomes longer, consequently aecting the set exposure.
At slow shutter speeds the eect is minimal but at faster
speeds, e.g. 1/500s, the eect becomes clearly visible. As
Hasselblad knows exactly how the shutters behave in HC
lenses, automatic compensatory measures in speed setting
adjustments are therefore employed.
As compensation can only be put into eect where speeds
can be adjusted, this prevents the possibility of adjusting
the fastest speed of 1/800s. To counter this, compensatory
adjustments are therefore made to the aperture instead to
retain the set exposure.
However, this compensation is not always required and
when using ash/strobe as the main light source it is actually
undesirable because compensation will result in underex-
posure. Therefore, when using ash/strobe as the main light
source, you should set True Exposure to OFF in Custom
Options #13 on grip.
You can download a fuller explanation of this situation from
www. hasselblad.com.
SENSOR UNIT MENU > SETTINGS > USER INTERFACE > LANGUAGE
If the sensor unit has been set to a language you don’t understand (on a rented camera, for example), you can navigate to
your preferred language by following the actions and appearance in the illustrations here.
Navigator Display
Zoom
Menu
1. Press MENU
1
.
2. Navigate to
Settings
2
(the fth menu entry from
the top)
(use the Rear scroll wheel or the Navigator).
3. Navigate to
User Interface
3
(the rst menu entry)
(use the Front scroll wheel or the Navigator).
4. Navigate to
Language
4
(the rst menu entry)
(use
the Front scroll wheel or the Navigator).
5. Press the
True Focus ( ) or AE-L (
) buttons – (or
the
ZOOM button)
5
– to step through options until
you see your preferred language.
6. Save the chosen selection by pressing
EXIT (MENU
button).
Navigate to
fth menu
entry from
the top
Navigate to
rst menu
entry from
the top
Press MENU
button
Navigate to
rst menu
entry from
the top
Choose new
language
with zoom
button
1
C
l
5
N

2
N

4
N
N
N

3