Leica M Monochrom Anleitung Seite 189

EN Notes:
• Studio flash systems may have a very long burning time.
Therefore, when using them it may be useful to select a slower
shutter speed than
• The same applies to radio controlled flash triggers for "un-
chained flash", as the radio transmission can cause a delay.
• The following sections describe only those settings and
functions that are available when using this camera with
system-compatible flash units.
• An exposure compensation set on the camera (see p. 178)
only influences the measurement of available light! In order to be
able to make a correction of the flash exposure at the same time
during photography with flash, this must be set separately.
• More details of flash use, in particular for other flash units not
specially adapted to this camera and for different flash modes,
can be found in the relevant instructions.
Settings for camera-controlled automatic flash mode
After the flash unit in use has been turned on and set to guide
number control mode (e.g. TTL or GNC), the following actions on
the camera are necessary:
1. Before taking each flash picture the exposure metering is first
performed by gently pressing the shutter release, so that the
display in the viewfinder shows the shutter speed or switches
to the light balance. If this stage is missed out by fully
depressing the shutter release in one quick movement, the
flash unit will not fire even if required.
2. The shutter speed dial must be set to
speed ( / s), or to a slower shutter speed (including
1
180
HSS-compatible Leica system flash units, faster shutter speeds
can be set than the sync speed.
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/ s.
1
180
A , to the flash sync
Note:
If the exposure metering in aperture priority mode results in
faster shutter speeds than the sync speed, an HSS flash (see
p. 66) is automatically triggered instead of a "normal" photo
flash.
3. The desired aperture, or the aperture required for the relevant
distance to the subject, must be set.
Note:
If the automatically controlled or manually set shutter speed is
faster than / s, the flash is not fired unless the flash unit is
1
180
HSS-compatible (see p. 188).
Flash exposure displays in the viewfinder with system-com-
patible flash units
A flash-shaped LED appears in the viewfinder as confirmation and
to display the various operating conditions. This LED appears
together with the displays for exposure metering for the ambient
light level, described in the relevant sections.
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