Operation; Switching On And Off; Displays When The Flash Unit Is Switched On; Auto Power Off - Leica SF 40 Manual De Instrucciones

OPERATION

SWITCHING ON AND OFF

Switching on
Press the button
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Displays when the flash unit is switched on

• The pilot LED lights up in red initially, when the flash is ready it
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turns green (after just a few seconds if there is sufficient battery
capacity).
• The Index LED lights up in white
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• If the camera is appropriately equipped, flash readiness is
displayed in the viewfinder and/or on the monitor.
Note:
You can fire a test flash by pressing the pilot LED
Switching off
Press the button for approx. 1 s
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Auto power off

Around 2 minutes after the last flash shot or the last operation, the
flash unit switches back to standby mode to protect the battery
capacity in the
In the
SD
minutes.
• To indicate standby mode, the pilot LED
rhythm.
To reactivate the flash unit:
Tap the camera shutter release or press any button on the flash
unit
If the flash unit is not used for longer than 60 minutes, i.e. no
button or dial is operated and no flash fired, it switches itself off
completely to prevent the batteries from discharging.
Notes:
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• To protect against the electronics overheating, the flash unit is
automatically switched to standby mode for a few minutes after
a series of more than approx. 20 - 30 flashes in quick succes-
sion with a high energy level. To display this, the pilot LED
flashes in intervals of 1.5 s. The unit cannot be activated during
this cooling time.
• If the flash unit is not to be used for a prolonged period, we
recommended switching it off and removing the power sources.
, and modes (see p. 39/39/41).
A TTL M
and modes (see p. 41), this is done after around 5
SF
7 flashes in a 2-second
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