Sony 4-183-746-11(1) manual

Flash HVL-F58AM © 2008 Sony Corporation 4-183-746- 11 (1) Operating Instruction s[...]

2 Before o perating the product , please read this manual thoroughl y and re tain it fo r future r eference. To reduce fire o r shock hazard, d o not ex pose the unit t o rain o r moist ure. Tape over lithi um battery cont acts to avoid short -circuit when dispo sing of batteri es, and fo llow lo cal regula tions for battery disposal. Keep b atteri[...]

3 Do not operate app liance with a damag ed cord or if th e appliance has been dropped or damaged- until it has been examined by a qualified servi ceman. Let applia nce cool complet ely before putt ing away. Loop cord loosel y around applian ce when storing. To reduc e the risk of electri c shock, do not immerse th is appliance in water or other l [...]

4 For customers in Europe Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipme nt (Applicable in the European Union an d other European countries with separate collection systems) This symb ol on the produc t or on its packag ing indi cates that this product sha ll not be treated as house hold waste. Instea d it shall be handed over to the applicabl[...]

5 However, there is no guarantee that inte rference will not occu r a particular install ation. I f this equ ipmen t does c ause harmf ul inter ference to r adio or te levisio n reception, which can be deter mined by turn ing the equipment off and on, the user is encoura ged to try to correct t he interfe rence by on e or mor e of followin g measur[...]

6 Table of Con tents Features . .......... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ........... ....... .......... 9 Name of parts ........ ....... .......... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... .. 10 Preparations Insert ing batteries .. ....... .......... ....... .......... .......... ....[...]

7 Additional Inf ormation Notes on use .......... ....... .......... ........... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... . 81 Maintenance . .......... ....... .......... ....... ........... ...... ........... .......... ....... .......... . 83 Specificatio ns ..... .......... .......... ....... ........... ...... ........... ......[...]

8 Befor e use Use this uni t in combina tion with a camera that has an acces sory shoe . For details, refer to the opera ting instruct ions supplied wit h your camera. This flash unit is not dust-proof, splash-proof or waterproof. Do not place this flash u nit in the following locations Regardl ess of whether this flash unit is in use or in storage[...]

9 Features * When Sony digital single-lens refl ex camera ( other than the DSLR-A100) is used. The HVL-F58AM is a functional, clip-on flash that provides a large flash output wit h a guide number of 58 ( 105 mm position, ISO 100 · m ). , page 84 Can be used with compatible lens es to enable ADI ( Advanced Distance Integration) flash metering, whic[...]

10 Name of par ts A Built-in wide pane l (page 34) B Flashtube C Wireless control s ignal receiver (page 54) D AF illumina tor (pag e 72) Remove the protective sheet f rom the front of the AF il luminator before use. E Mounting f oot (page 1 8) F Terminal cap (pa ge 69, 71) G Bounce s heet (page 36)[...]

11 H Bounce indicator (upper a ngle) (page 3 6) I LCD panel (page 13 ) J Control pan el (page 12) K Bounce ind icator (side ang le) (page 36) L Mounti ng-foot releas e button (page 19) M Battery -chamber d oor (page 15) N Mini-stand (pag e 57) * Tripod mount *[...]

12 Contro l panel A TTL/M (MANUAL/MULTI) button (pag e 44, 48, 61, 66, 73 ) B MODE button (pa ge 22) C TEST butto n (page 31) The status while the lamp is lit Amber: Flash rea dy Green: Proper exp osure D Fn (func tion)/dire ction but tons (page 44, 48, 61, 64, 66, 74) E POWER switch (page 20) F LCD illuminator bu tton (page 24) G ZOOM b utton ( pa[...]

13 LCD pane l A Zoom i ndicator (page 32 ) B Flash mode ind icator (pag e 22, 61, 64, 66) C Flash -OFF indica tor (page 2 2) D Power-level ind icator (page 43, 48) E Zoom/Mu ltiple-fla sh repet ition display (page 32, 48) F mm indicat or (page 32) G TIMES in dicator (pa ge 48) H Bounce ind icator (pag e 36) I Custom i ndicator (p age 74 ) J High-sp[...]

14 Q Wireless controll er/remote indicator (p age 54) R Flash-range/ Multiple-flas h frequenc y/flash-r atio dis play (page 27, 48, 6 6) S Ratio-f lash indica tor (pag e 66) T Operating ind icator (pag e 78) U Flash-range- warning (n ear side) indicator (page 2 7, 43) V TTL indicat or (page 43) W Manual-flas h indicato r (page 43) X Multiple-flash [...]

Prep arations 15 P repara ti ons Inserting bat teries The HVL-F58AM may be powere d by : • Four AA-s ize alkaline b atteries* • Four AA- size recha rgeable ni ckel-meta l hydride (Ni -MH) batt eries* * Bat teries are no t supp lied. Always en sure that recharg eable nick el-meta l hydride b atteries are cha rged in the sp ecified ch arger un it[...]

16 Check ing Batt eries The indicato r on the data pan el blin ks when the bat teries ar e low. • If n othing ap pears on t he LCD p anel when t he POWER s witch is set to ON, check th e orientat ion of the batter ies. blinking Changi ng the batteries is recommende d. The flash unit can still be used when the TEST button lights up in amb er. Only[...]

Prep arations 17 OVERHEAT indica tor When th e temperature of this unit rise s at the time of continuous flash use or use i n a high tempe rature environ ment, the flas h suspends oper ation automati cally. • The OVERHEA T indica tor blin ks when over heating is detect ed. • The flash ope ration is suspend ed until the tem perature of the unit [...]

18 Attachment and remo val of the flash unit Attach ing the flas h unit to the camer a With the flas h unit turned of f, push the mounting foo t firmly a nd fully into th e accesso ry shoe o f the cam era. • The f lash un it is locked in pl ace autom atical ly. • If the built-i n flash in the camera is protruding, lower it before attaching the [...]

Prep arations 19 Removin g the flash unit from the camera While pre ssing the m ounting-foot release butto n 1 , remove the flash uni t 2 .[...]

20 Turning on the power Set the P OWER switch to ON. The power of the fla sh unit turns on. • When the power of the flash unit is turned on, the LCD panel lights up. To turn the power off Set the POWER swi tch to OFF.[...]

Prep arations 21 Power save mode When th e camera o r flas h unit i s not u sed for three minutes , the flash uni t chang es to power save mode to save the batteries a nd STANDBY indicator appears on the LCD panel. • During wir eless flash photography ( page 54), the flash unit changes to power save mod e after 60 minutes. • You can change the [...]

22 Changing the flash mo de Press the M ODE button. • The indi cator on t he LCD pan el changes as follo ws. When the fl ash unit is not connec ted to your camera, or when the camera is in power save mode o r the LCD monitor is bein g turned off when the flash unit is connected to your camera: ( AUTO) t WL t t ( AUTO) t . . . When your cam era is[...]

Prep arations 23 About flash m ode • (Fill-fla sh mode) The f lash uni t always fires . • AUTO (Auto flash mode) The fla sh unit is set to this mod e when the ca mera is set to a uto flash . • WL (Wireless fl ash mode) This mode is used during wireless fla sh photography . • (Un-full-flas h mode) The flas h unit does not fire.[...]

24 LCD panel il luminator Illumi nates the data pa nel at low-light levels. Press the button. • The LCD panel is illuminated for ap proximately e ight seconds. This pe riod is extended if the flash or camer a is used during this tim e. • Press the button again whi le the LCD panel is illum inated to exti nguish the LCD pa nel il lumi nato r.[...]

Basi cs 25 B as i cs Program auto f lash (The basics) 1 Select the P m ode on the c amera. 2 Press the MO DE button to dis play [ AUTO] or [ ] on the LCD panel. • [ AUTO] lights u p when t he camera is set to Autof lash. On ly [ ] lights up when th e came ra is set to Full -flash .[...]

26 3 Press the shu tter button halfw ay down and make sure that the subj ect is with in the flash range. • See pa ge 27 for details o n the fla sh range. 4 When the fla sh unit is ch arged, pr ess the s hutter button to take a photo. • The fla sh unit i s fully c harged w hen the TE ST button on the c ontrol pane l is lit in am ber. You can als[...]

Basi cs 27 When th e correct exposu re has been obtained for the photo just take n, the TEST but ton on t he contro l panel b links in green. • The photo will be under-exposed bec ause of a lack of luminesce nce if taken before charging is comple te. • Press the shutter button afte r making sure that c harging is comple te when using the fla sh[...]

28 The range that can be displayed on the LCD pan el is from 1.5 m to 28 m (0.7 m to 28 m for downward boun ce; see page 41). When th e distance is beyond thi s range, or is lit on either side of the Flash range. • The flash range is no t shown when using flash boun ce above, with wirele ss flash, or when off-c amera cab les are u sed. • When p[...]

Basi cs 29 Using flash in eac h recordi ng mode of th e camera This section explains how to use the fla sh unit in each recordi ng mode of the camera. Aperture pr iority fl ash photogr aphy (A) 1 Select the A mode on th e camera. 2 Press the MO DE button to dis play [ ]. • Fill- flash is selec ted. 3 Set the aper ture and focu s the su bject. •[...]

30 Shutter sp eed prior ity flash photogr aphy (S) 1 Select the S m ode on the c amera. 2 Press the M ODE button to display [ ]. • Fill- flash is sele cted. 3 Set the shutte r speed, and focus the subject. 4 Press the shu tter button w hen chargin g is comple te. Manual exposur e mode f lash photogr aphy (M) 1 Select the M mode on the camera . 2 [...]

Applications 31 A pp li ca ti ons Test-flash You can try a test flash before shoot ing. Check the ligh t level using the test flash when you use a flas h meter, etc., in the manua l flash (M) mode. Press the TEST button when the TEST button l ights up i n amber. • The light le vel of the test-f lash depends on the li ght level setting (page 43). [...]

32 Zoom flash cover age Auto zoom This flash unit automatically swi tches optimum flash coverage (zoo m flash coverage) to c over a range of focal lengt hs from 24 mm to 105 mm when photographi ng (auto zoom). Normally, you do not ne ed to switch the fla sh coverag e manually. The auto zoom is working whe n [A ZOOM] is displayed on the LCD panel. T[...]

Applications 33 Manual zoom You can manu ally set th e flash coverage regardless of th e focal length of the lens in use (manual zoom). Press the ZOOM button to select the flash cover age to be set. • The zoom cove rage is changed in th e following o rder. 105 mm t 70 mm t 50 mm t 35 mm t 28 mm t 24 mm t A ZOOM t 105 mm t . . . • When zoom is s[...]

34 Built -in wide panel (16 mm zoom angle) Pulling out the built-in wide pane l expands flash cove rage to a focal lengt h of 16 mm. Pull out the wide pane l and set it at the front of flash tube, and then pu sh back the bounce s heet. • [WIDE] is displayed on the LCD panel. • When putting back the wide panel, push it back in completely. • Do[...]

Applications 35 Flash cove rage & focal le ngth The larg er th e focal length fi gure of the le ns on a came ra, the further a way a subjec t can be p hotograph ed to ta ke up th e full scre en; but the area that can be covered be comes s maller. Conv ersely, wit h a smal ler focal length fi gure, subjects can be photographed with wider coverag[...]

36 Bounce flash Using the flash unit with a wall directly behin d the subject produces stron g shadows on the wall. By directin g the flash u nit at the ce iling y ou can illu minate th e subject w ith reflected light , reducing the int ensity of the sh adows and producing a softer lig ht on the screen. Boun ce f las h Norma l f lash[...]

Applications 37 Rotate the flas h unit upwa rds or to the lef t and right while holding the c amera firmly. • appe ars on th e LC D panel . The fla sh may be s et to the following angles. • Upwards: 45°, 60°, 75°, 90°, 120°, 150° • Downwards : 10° (see “Close-up photo graphy (downward bounc e)” page 41) • Right: 30°, 45°, 60°,[...]

38 • When the flash is rotated upwards, the f lash range is not di splayed on the LCD panel. High-speed sync (pag e 47) i s also cleared. • When the flash is rotated upwards, the bounce i ndicator doe s not appea r. • Use a white cei ling or wall to reflect t he flash . A colo red surfac e may colo r the light. High ce ilings or glass ar e no[...]

Applications 39 When the fla sh is bounce d upwards Deter mine the angl e in relati on to the follo wing table. Using the bou nce she et The bounce she et creates a highli ght in the subje ct's eyes and make s the subject look mo re vibrant. • The bounce she et is pulled out when the wide panel is pull ed out. Push back the wide panel. • W[...]

40 90° sidew ays bounce When the bounc e angle is set to 90° s ideways and 0° upwards while shooti ng in the portrait po sition, the top and bottom of the photo ma y darken. In this case , use the built-i n wide panel or set the boun ce angle to 0° sideways. • blinks on the LCD panel. • When the zoom f lash coverage is set to [A ZOOM] while[...]

Applications 41 Close-up p hotograph y (downward bou nce) Tilt the flash sli ghtly downwards when photographi ng objects between 0. 7 m and 1.5 m fro m the ca mera t o ensu re accura te illu minatio n. Rotate the flas h downwards w ith holding the camera firmly. • The rotatio n angle is 10°.[...]

42 • appears on the LCD panel. • When photo graphing at a distanc e closer than 0.7 m, th e flash will not be able to comple tely cover the subject and th e botto m of the pictu re will be dark er. Use a n off-cam era flash, Macro Twi n Flash, or Ring Light. • The downward boun ce can be used only when th e bounce angle is set to 0° or 90° [...]

Applications 43 Manual flash ( M) Norm al TTL flas h metering a utomati cally ad justs the fl ash intensity to provide the proper ex posure for the subje ct. Manual flas h provides a fixed flash intensity irrespec tive of the bright ness of the subjec t and the camera settin g. • Manua l flash can only be used when the c amera is in t he M mode. [...]

44 2 Press the TTL/M button to display on the LCD panel. • The modes change in the following order. , , 3 Press the g or G button to select the p ower level to be set. • The power level is changed in fol lowing order. 1/1 t 1/2 t 1/4 t 1/8 t 1/16 t 1/32[...]

Applications 45 • When the shutter button i s pressed h alfway do wn, the di stance at which the proper exposur e is obtained appear s on the LCD panel. • In manua l flash ph otography, if the power l evel is set at 1/1 th en the flash will go off at fu ll power. Th e power lev el range (e. g. 1/1 t 1/2) correspo nds to the aperture ran ge (e.g[...]

46 TTL flash Manual f lash pro vides a fix ed flash intensity irrespec tive of the brightnes s of the subject and the camera setting. TTL* flash measures the light from the subjec t that is reflected th rough the lens. TTL metering also has a P-TTL metering function, which adds a pre-flash to TTL metering, and an ADI metering function, which adds d[...]

Applications 47 High-speed sync ( HSS) High-spee d sync eliminates the restrictions of fl ash sync speed and enable s the flash to be use d through the en tire shutt er speed rang e of the camera. The i ncreased selectab le aper ture rang e allo ws flash p hotograp hy with a wide ap erture, l eaving the backgroun d out of focus and acce ntuating th[...]

48 Multiple flash (MULTI) The fla sh is trig gered a nu mber of times whi le the s hutter is open (m ultiple fla sh). Multiple flash all ows motion of the sub ject to be c aptured in a photogra ph for late r analysis . • The camera must be set to the M mode fo r multiple fla sh photography. 1 Set the cam era to the M m ode. 2 Press the TTL/M butt[...]

Applications 49 3 Press the Fn b utton to make [TIMES] blink. • The current number of flashes for multiple fl ash is displayed on the LCD panel.[...]

50 4 Press the f or F button to select the number of flashes. • The numbe r of flashes may be selecte d from the foll owing. - -, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 , 25, 20, 15, 10 , 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 , 4, 3, 2 • Keep th e f or F button pr essed down to repeated ly change the val ue. • When “-- ” is selected, f lashes conti nue at the s[...]

Applications 51 6 Press the f or F button to select the flash freq uency. • The flash frequ ency may be selecte d from the following. 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 • Keep the f or F button pres sed down to r epeatedl y chang e the value. 7 Press the Fn button to m ake the pow er-level indi cator blink. • T[...]

52 9 Press the Fn button. 10 Set the shutte r speed and a perture. • The shut ter speed is calculate d as follow s to suit the sele cted fla sh frequency and numbe r of flashes. Number of flashes ( TIME) ÷ Flash frequency (Hz ) = Shutter speed For example , when ten flashes and 5 Hz are sele cted, 10 ÷ 5 = 2 requires a shut te r sp eed of l ong[...]

Applications 53 Maximum num ber of continuous flashes The maximum number of conti nuous flashes during mu ltiple flash phot ography is limite d by the char ge in the batter y. Use th e followin g values as a gu ide. With alkaline batteries With ni ckel-meta l hyd ride b atterie s (When using 2500 m Ah) • The maximum number of flashe s varies with[...]

54 Wireless fl ash mode (WL) Photogra phs taken with th e flas h unit at tached t o the c amera are flat as shown in photo 1 . In such cases, remove the flash unit from the camera and positi on it to obtain a more th ree-dimension al effect as shown in phot o 2 . And by using 2 or more flash uni ts, you can create mo re detailed li ght conditio ns [...]

Applications 55 Wir eless Fl ash Range The wireless flash uses a light signal from the fl ash as a trigger to operate the off - camera flash uni t. Follow the points below when position ing the camer a, flash, and subject. • Photograp h in dark locations i ndoors. • If you r otate the flashtube using the bounce-flas h function ( page 36) s o th[...]

56 Distance camera-H VL-F58AM-subj ect • The distances in the above table assum e the use of ISO 100. If ISO 400 is used the dis tances m ust be mu ltiplied by a fa ctor of t wo (assum e a lim it of 5 m ). • The flash range is no t displayed on the LCD pa nel when using wirel ess flash. Notes on wireless flash • You cannot u se a flas h meter[...]

Applications 57 Openin g and closin g the mi ni-stan d • The mini-st and is collaps ible and must be open when used. Attachi ng and remo ving th e mini- stand • Use the su pplied mini -stand when the fl ash unit is separat e from the camera. Attachme nt Removal • You c an attach the flas h unit to a tr ipod using the tripo d soc ket holes in [...]

58 • When min i-stand break into each part, fit the part of shaft into the othe r part. Possible wireless fl ash photograp hy for this flash unit The following m ethods for wirele ss flash photogra phy can be used with thi s flash unit. [1] Wireless flash p hotography when the camera has a b uilt-in flas h By using the cam era’s buil t-in flash[...]

Applications 59 • For details, see “Combinatio n of camera, off-c amera flash and contr oller.” • You can use s everal off -camera fl ashes at t he same t ime. • The off -camera fl ash fires with the power lev el set in each flas h when th e off- camera flash i s in the MANUAL mode. • In this manual, “con troller” mea ns the flas h [...]

60 *4 This flash unit has two wire less control modes, [CTR L1] and [CTRL2]. The wireless controller indicator o n the LCD panel is displayed as follows. [CTRL1] mode: [C TRL+] When using HVL-F58AM/HVL-F42AM as off-camera flash, select this mode. [CTRL2] mode: [C TRL] When using HVL-F56AM/HVL-F36AM as off-camera flash, select this mode. When you ch[...]

Applications 61 [1] Wireless fla sh photo graphy with built- in flas h of the came ra Use only an off-ca mera flash unit, u sing the light from t he built-in flash as a signal. 1 Attach the flas h unit to the c amera and tu rn the power of the flash u nit and came ra on. 2 Set the came ra to wireles s flash. • The setti ng method dif fers dependi[...]

62 5 Make sure that the b uilt-in flash a nd flash unit are fully charged . • “ ” i s lit in t he view finder when t he built -in flash is fully c harged. • When the flas h unit is fully char ged in the wireless fla sh mode, the AF illuminato r on the front blinks , and the TEST button is li t in amber. 6 Use test -flash to chec k the flash[...]

Applications 63 Set ting wi reless flas h by flas h only Once you have performed the wireless f lash setup in step [1], if yo u continue to use the same c amera an d flash combinati on withou t changin g the wirel ess chan nel then you can a lso set the flas h and camera se parately to wirele ss. Camera setting: Set the came ra to the wire less fla[...]

64 [2] Wireless flash pho tograph y withou t buil t-in flash o f camera You can take a photo with wireless flash by us ing 2 flash units, one as a cont roller and the other as an off-c amera flas h unit, even if the camera does not have a built-i n flash. This flash unit must be used as the con troller. 1 Set the cam era, flash (con troller), flas [...]

Applications 65 5 Press the g or G button to make RATIO [OFF] blin k. 6 Press the Fn b utton. • [CTRL+] or [CTRL] is displayed. Off-camera flas h setting: Set the w ireless fla sh while th e flash unit is a ttached to the camera, and then remo ve it from th e camera . For detail s, refer to th e operating instruct ions supplie d with the externa [...]

66 6 Check a gain that the controller a nd the flash unit are fully char ged, and pr ess the s hutter button to take the photo. • Even if RATIO i s set to [OFF] , the c ontroller flash es to tr ansmit a signal . [3] Wir eless flash photogr aphy wi th the lig hting ra tio c ontrol You can take a photo with wireless flash whi le controlling th e li[...]

Applications 67 Camera Setting: Set the came ra to wireles s flash. For deta ils, refer to the opera ting instructio ns supplied wit h your camera. Controller Setting: 1 Press the MODE button r epeatedly to displ ay [W L ] . 2 Press the Fn b utton. 3 Press the g or G button to make [CTRL] blink. 4 Press the Fn b utton. 5 Press the g or G button to [...]

68 Off-camera flas h setting: Set the wireles s flash whil e the fla sh unit is attac hed to the ca mera, a nd then remove it from the camera. F or details, refer to the opera ting inst ructions supplie d with t he extern al flash . When t he HVL-F58AM is used a s the o ff- camera fl ash, see page 63. 2 Attach the con troller to the ca mera, an d t[...]

Applications 69 Connecting ca mera and f lash by cable Using the of f-camera cabl es FA-CC1AM (op tional) allows photography w ith flash units se parate f rom the c amera. Up to four flash un its can be connecte d togethe r. Being able to take photogr aphs without havi ng to consider the pos itioning of th e flash un it provi des consid erable free[...]

70 • In this mode, ADI metering will be canceled and Pre-flash TTL metering will be used au tomatica lly (page 43) . • High-spe ed sync in the P mode cannot be used when the flash is c onnected with th e off-cam era cable FA-CC1AM ( optional). • All the flash units are at the same power le vel in TTL flash mode . • During photo graphy with [...]

Applications 71 Using external ba ttery adapt or You can use an Extern al Battery Ada ptor FA-EB1AM (opti onal) as an exter nal power supply. 1 Remove the terminal c ap. 2 Insert the plug of connectio n cable into the external power termina l. • Use an extern al batte ry adaptor or cab le for th is flas h unit fo r the ex ternal power termina l o[...]

72 AF illuminator In low-light or when subject contrast is low, whe n the shutter button is press ed halfwa y down for Auto Focus, the r ed lam p on the front o f the fl ash unit will l ight. This i s the AF illu minator used as an aid in Aut o Focus. • The AF illuminato r operates even when [ ] is di splayed on the LCD panel . • The cam era AF[...]

Applications 73 Reset to t he default set tings Press the MO DE and TTL/M bu ttons toge ther for three seconds. Most fla sh functions re turn to thei r default sett ings. Item Default settings Page Flash on/off On ( Auto or ) 22 Flash coverage (zoom) Auto zoom (105 mm) 32 Flash mode (TTL/M/MULTI) TTL 43, 48 Wireless flash (WL) RMT 54 Lighting ratio[...]

74 Custom setting The various flash se ttings may be changed as necessary. The follo wing eight items ma y be changed. • HSS setting ( on/off) • Wirele ss channel setti ng (channels 1 to 4) • Wirele ss controller mode setting (1/2) • Recordi ng mode in which manua l flash or multipl e-flash may be set ( M mode only/all m odes) • Test-fla [...]

Applications 75 2 Press the g or G butto n to select th e item. For details on the each setting, refer to “ Changing the custom setting” (page 78). 3 Press the Fn b utton to finish the custo m setting. • The LC D panel retur ns to t he original display. • When a se tting other than the default se tting is selec ted in C03, C04 , C06 or C07,[...]

76 Select with the f butto n or F bu tton Select with the g b utton or G bu tton C01. H SS settin g on off C02. Wirel ess channel setting Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 C03. Wirel ess control ler mode sett ing Control 1 Control 2 C04. Reco rding mode in which manu al flash or multipl e-flash may be set M mode only All modes[...]

Applications 77 Select with the f butto n or F button Select with the g b utton or G bu tton C05. Test- flash setting Once 3 times C06. Time to pow er save 30 seconds 3 minutes 30 minutes none 4 seconds C07. Time to power save whe n using wirele ss flash 60 minutes none C08. Flash range units mf t[...]

78 Changin g the cust om setting This is an expla nation of how to change each custom setti ng is given below. To set the high-speed sync (C 01) You can s et the hi gh-speed syn c. Press the f or F button to select [ON]. • The displa y switches between [ ON] and [OFF]. • This fl ash unit i s set t o high-spe ed sync a utomatic ally when the shu[...]

Applications 79 To select w ireless co ntrol mode (C03) You can change the w ireless cont rol mode. T his flash unit ha s two controlle r modes, [CTRL1] and [CTRL2]. The wirele ss cont roller indi cator o n the LCD panel is di spla yed a s fol lows . [CTRL1] mode: [CTRL+] When using HVL-F58AM/HVL-F42AM as off-came ra flash, s elect th is mode. [CTR[...]

80 To change the test-fl ash mode (C05 ) You can c hange the flashing m ethod when using t est-flash. Press the f or F button to select the test -flash set ting. • The displa y is chan ged in the fol lowing order . [TEST1] y [TEST3] y [TESTM] y . . . [TEST 1] : fl ashes o nce at th e set lig ht leve l. [TEST3] : fl ashes three ti mes at a specifi[...]

Additional Information 81 Additi ona l I n f orma ti on Notes on use While shooti ng • This flash unit g enerates strong l ight, so it should not be used dire ctly in f ront of the eyes . • Do not use the f lash 20 t imes in a ro w or in qui ck succ ession in order to preve nt heating and degradation of the camera and flash uni t. (when the pow[...]

82 • Remove the batter ies only a fter turn ing the po wer off and waiting several minutes , when changing the batt eries. The batterie s may be hot, depend ing on the batte ry type. Re move them carefu lly. • Remove and store the batteries when you do not int end to use the camera for a long time . Temp eratu re • The flash unit may be used [...]

Additional Information 83 Maintenance Remove th is unit from th e camera. Clean t he flash with a dry soft clot h. If the flash has been in cont act wit h sand, wi ping will damage the surf ace, and it sh ould therefor e be cleaned gently usin g a blower. In th e event of stubborn sta ins, use a cloth li ghtly dampene d with a mil d deterge nt solu[...]

84 Specific ations Guide n umber Normal flash (ISO100) Manua l flash/35mm -format APS-C format Power level Flash coverage setting (mm) 16* 24 28 35 50 70 105 1 / 1 1 72 93 13 64 24 85 8 1/2 11.9 20.8 21.8 25.1 29. 6 34.2 41.0 1/4 8.4 14.7 15.4 17.8 20.9 24.2 29.0 1/8 5.9 10.4 10.9 12.6 14.8 17.1 20.5 1/16 4.2 7.4 7.7 8.9 10.5 12.1 14.5 1/32 3.0 5.2[...]

Additional Information 85 HSS flat flash (IS O100) Manual f lash/35mm-f ormat APS-C format Frequency/Repetition • Repetit ion is the approx imate number of times that are pos sible befo re a new ba ttery is comple tely dead. Shutter speed Flash coverage setting (mm) 16* 24 28 35 50 70 105 1/250 6.7 11.8 12. 9 14.8 17.3 19.5 22.4 1/500 4.7 8.4 9.1[...]

86 Functions in th ese operatin g instruction s depend on tes ting condit ions at our firm. Design a nd specifi cations are subject to change wi thout noti ce. Tradema rk is a trademark of So ny Corporation. Continuou s flash performance 40 flashes at 5 flashes pe r second (Normal flash, light level 1/32, 105 mm , nickel-me tal hydride batt ery) AF[...]

Additional Information 87[...]

Printed in Japan Printe d on 70% o r more r ecycled pa per us ing VOC ( Volatile O rganic Compoun d)-free vegetabl e oil base d ink.[...]