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Flash techniques
Tip:
If, for reasons of the film speed used, f/5.6 cannot be set on
Tecniche flash
the flash unit then proceed as follows:
Técnicas de destello
Select an auto aperture of f/8 on the mecablitz and set a
shutter speed of 1/30th sec. and an aperture of f/11 on the
camera.
If f/4 were set as auto working aperture on the mecablitz,
then this would result in a shutter speed of 1/125th sec. at a
lens aperture of f/5.6. This would exceed the camera's flash
sync speed of 1/100th sec. in our example.
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Ensure that the source of backlight does not shine
directly into the sensor of the flash unit as this would
confuse the electronic system and falsify the reading.