Metz MECABLITZ 15 MS-1 digital Manuel utilisateur

MECABLITZ 15 MS-1 digital

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1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

2 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

2.1 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

2.2 Insertion and replacement of batteries . . . . .71

2.3 Installation / Deinstallstion . . . . . . . . . . . .71

2.4 Switching the flash unit on and off . . . . . . .72

2.5 The infrared clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

3 Starting up for the first time . . . . . . . . . . .73

4 Camera-specific remote operation . . . . . . .73

4.1 General information on wireless

remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

4.2 Setting remote channel and remote group . .75

5 Manual wireless slave mode . . . . . . . . . . .76

5.1 Learn function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

5.2 Slave mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

6 Operation with synchronous cable . . . . . . .80

7 Operation of flash unit detached

from camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

8 Lighting OK in remote TTL mode . . . . . . . .81

9 Swivel reflectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

9.1 Bounce diffuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

10 The AF auxiliary light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

11 Modelling light (ML) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

12 Synchronisation on the 1st or 2nd shutter

curtain (REAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

13 Slow synchronisation (SLOW) . . . . . . . . . .84

13.1Using a tripod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

14 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

14.1Firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

14.2 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

14.3Conditioning the flash capacitor . . . . . . . . .86

15 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

16 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134-137

Introduction

Thank you for choosing a Metz product.

We are delighted that you have become a Metz

customer.

Of course you can hardly wait to use your flash unit.

It is worthwhile to read the operating manual as it is

only in this way you can learn how to use the device

without difficulties.

Please refer to the back cover at the end of the

manual.

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1 Safety instructions

• The flash unit is exclusively designed

and authorised for use in photogra-

phic applications.

• Do not flash directly into eyes from

a close distance! Direct flashing into

the eyes of persons or animals can

cause damage to the retina and

severe disruption of the vision – up

to and including permanent blind-

ness!

• The flash unit may in no event be

activated in the vicinity of inflamma-

ble gases or liquids (petroleum, sol-

vents etc.). RISK OF EXPLOSIONS!

• Never use a flash unit to photo-

graph car, bus, bicycle, motorbike

or train drivers while they are dri-

ving. Blinding the driver can lead to

an accident!

• Only use the power sources desi-

gnated and authorised in the opera-

ting manual.

• Do not open the batteries or short

them!

• In no event the batteries be exposed

to high temperatures like direct sun-

light, fire or similar!

• Remove the used batteries immedia-

tely from the device! Chemicals can

escape from used batteries (so-cal-

led “leaks”) resulting in damage to

the device!

• Batteries may not be recharged!

• Do not expose the flash unit to

water drops and splashes!

• Protect your flash unit from heat and

high air humidity! Do not keep it in

the glove compartment of your car.

• After repeated flashing, do not

touch the diffuser. Risk of burns!

• After a series of flashes with full

power and short intervals, a pause

of at least 3 minutes must be obser-

ved after each series of 20 flashes!

• When you activate the flash, there

should be no opaque material

directly in front of or on the reflector

cover (flash window). The intense

energy emissions can otherwise

lead to scorching or spotting of the

material and/or the reflector cover.

Do not dismantle the flash unit!

HIGH VOLTAGE!

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Repairs should only be performed

by authorised service personnel.

• Do not touch the electrical contacts

of the flash unit.

• If the housing has been damaged in

such a way that internal compo-

nents are exposed, the flash unit

may no longer be used. Remove the

batteries! Do not touch any internal

components. HIGH VOLTAGE!

• Do not use any toxic batteries or

rechargeable batteries!

2 Preparation

2.1 Power supply

The flash unit can optionally be ope-

rated with:

• 2 alkali-manganese dry batteries

Type IEC LR03 (AAA / Micro),

maintenance-free power source for

moderate power requirements.

• 2 NC batteries Type IEC KR03

(AAA / Micro).

• 2 nickel metal hydride batteries

Type IEC HR03 (AAA / Micro), sig-

nificantly higher capacity than

NC batteries and less harmful to the

environment than the NC batteries

as they are cadmium-free. They

offer very short flash sequence times

and economical operation as they

are rechargeable.

• 2 lithium batteries 1.5 V, Type IEC

FR03 (AAA / Micro), maintenance-

free power source with high capaci-

ty and low self-discharge rate.

The batteries/rechargeable batteries

are empty or used if the flash inter-

val for flashes at full power rises

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above 60 seconds. If you do not use

the flash unit for a prolonged period,

you should remove the batteries from

the unit.

2.2 Insertion and replacement of

batteries

• Turn off the flash unit via the main

switch .

• Slide the battery compartment cover

at the bottom of the flash unit

and fold it open.

• Insert the batteries in the accordan-

ce with the symbols on the inside of

the battery compartment cover.

When inserting batteries, ensure that

the polarity is correct and matches

the symbols in the battery compart-

ment. Inserting the batteries in the

wrong direction can destroy the flash

unit! Always replace all batteries

simultaneously, and make sure that

batteries are the same brand and

have the same capacity. Flat or dead

batteries should not be disposed of

with ordinary household waste. Help

protect the environment, and dispose

of flat/dead batteries at the appro-

priate collection points.

• Close battery compartment cover 

and slide against the housing.

2.3 Installation /Deinstallation

Carefully screw an adapter ring of the

appropriate size into the filter thread

of the objective.

Recommendation: Only use internal

focusing objectives! Note, with exter-

nal focusing objectives you must per-

form the focusing manually. The risk

of damage to the flash unit due to

the weight of the objective or of the

adjusting motor cannot be ruled out.

Press both the release buttons on

the flash unit, keep them pressed, and

at the same time insert the flash unit

up to the stopper on the adapter ring

of the objective.

When the release buttons are rele-

ased, the flash unit is held on the

adapter ring by four snap-in clips.

Make sure that the flash unit is secu-

rely locked in place on the adapter

ring. When the camera and the flash

unit are combined, always hold the

combination by the camera and

never by the flash unit.

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The flash unit can be rotated (turned)

on the adapter ring.

Removal

Press both the release buttons on

the flash unit, keep them pressed, and

at the same time carefully pull the

flash unit off the adapter ring of the

objective.

2.4 Switching the flash unit on

and off

To switch-on, move the main switch 

to the “ON” position. To switch-off,

move the main switch to the left.

If the flash unit is not required for a

longer period of time, it should

always be switched off by the main

switch and the batteries/rechargea-

ble batteries should be removed from

the flash unit!

2.5 The infrared clamp

The camera’s own flash unit and the

use of mecablitz 15MS-1 digital

should not contribute to the lighting of

macropictures, so that no shadows

are caused by the housing of meca-

blitz 15MS-1 digital.

The camera’s own flash light can be

covered with the infrared clamp. The

infrared clamp allows the control

impulses through, but holds back the

flash light, which contributes to the

lighting.

Installation of the infrared clamp

Open the infrared clamp with your

fingers and slip it over the camera’s

own flash unit.

Slide down the infrared clamp with

rubber lips as far as possible over the

camera’s own flash unit and close it.

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3 Starting up for the first

time

When the flash unit is switched on for

the first time or when a “RESET” is

performed (see Chapterir 14.2), the

following display appears after the

main switch is activated:

• Press the button on the flash

unit. In the display appears:

• Now set the desired operating

mode:

- The camera specific remote control

(see Chapter 4)

- Manual wireless slave mode (see

Chapter 5)

- Learn function (see Chapter 5.1)

- Slave mode (see Chapter 5.2)

- Operation with a synchronous cable

(see Chapter 6)

SEL

4 Camera-specific remote

operation

This remote operating mode is only

possible if the camera supports remo-

te operation with an integrated flash

or if an additional flash unit is moun-

ted on the camera (e.g. Metz meca-

blitz 58AF-1) which supports remote

operation.

4.1 General information on

wireless remote control

A remote system consists of a master

or controller flash unit in the camera

or an external master or controller

flash unit on the camera and one or

more slave flash units.

The slave flash unit is remotely con-

trolled by the master or controller

flash unit.

A master flash unit contributes to the

lighting and at the same time controls

the slave flash units.

A controller flash unit only has control

functions.

The slave flash unit is assigned to one

of three possible groups (A, B or C –

SEL

SELECT

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only with Canon, Nikon, Olympus).

Each group can in turn consists of one

or more slave flash units.

Four independent remote channels

(Channels 1-4) are available, so that

several remote systems in the same

space do not cause mutual disruption.

The setting “Channel ALL” controls all

slave flash units. Slave flash units that

belong to the same remote system

must be set to the same remote chan-

nel. The slave flash units must be able

to pick up the light from the master or

controller flash unit via integrated sen-

sors for remote operation .

Adjustment of the flash unit

• Switch the flash units integrated in

the camera or external flash unit on

the camera in the Master or

Controller mode, see operating

manual of the camera or external

flash unit.

• Select an operating mode on the

camera that supports remote opera-

tion

• Slide the infrared clamp over the

camera’s own flash unit if it is to be

used as controller flash unit. Swivel

the external flash unit so that it can-

not contribute to lighting.

• Switch-on the flash unit with the

main switch .

• Keep the button “AF/SELECT” 

pressed down until the following

message appears in the display:

• Press the button on the flash

unit. In the display appears:

• Switch-on (ON) the “MODELLING

LIGHT” function with the button

or switch it off (OFF).

• Press the button on the flash

unit. The most recently used setting

appears in the display, e.g.:

• Press the button until the requi-

red version for the camera type

used appears in the display:

„CAN REMOTE“ (Canon) or

„NIK REMOTE“ (Nikon) or

„OLY REMOTE“ (Olympus) or



SEL



SEL

OK

MODELLING

LIGHT

OFF ON

15MS-1 V1.0

SEL 

SELECT

⊃



SEL

OK

SYSTEM

NIK REMOTE 

Ch ALL Gr A

SEL

OK

SYSTEM

OLY REMOTE 

Ch ALL Gr A

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„PEN REMOTE“ (Pentax) or

„SAM REMOTE“ (Samsung) or

„SON REMOTE“ (Sony)

•

Press the button, thus the selected

remote mode is set, in the example

“OLY REMOTE” (Olympus). The ratio

of the reflectors is 1:1. Group A (only

with CAN, NIK and OLY) is automati-

cally set if another group has not been

selected for a previous application.

• If the two reflectors should be set at

an unequal ratio (Ratio) then press

the button or to change the

ratio of both the reflectors.

The setting thus made will be automa-

tically saved.

In the operating modes

“CAN REMOTE” or “NIK REMOTE”

and/or “OLY REMOTE”, various slave

channels and various slave groups can

be set when several slave flash units

are used (see Chapter 4.2).

In the operating modes

“PEN REMOTE” and/or

“SAM REMOTE” and/or

“SON REMOTE”, only different slave



channels can be set when several

slave flash units are used (see

Chapter 4.2 and operating manual

of the camera). The flash unit sup-

ports the wireless Sony remote

system in the “CTRL” and “

CTRL

”

modes, depending on the camera

system used. The “CTRL” and “

CTRL

” modes are automatically detected.

The slave flash units always work in

the “RMT” group. The set-up can

always be checked by pressing the

“AEL” key on the camera. The slave

flash unit must respond with a time-

delayed flash.

4.2 Setting remote channel and

remote group

Four independent remote channels

(CHANNELS 1 to 4) are available, so

that several remote systems in the

same space does not cause mutual

disruption Master and/or controller

and slave flash units that belong to the

same remote system must be set to the

same remote channel.

In the case of Sony and Pentax

cameras “CHANNEL ALL” must be

1:1

 

OLY GrA

8:1

 

OLY GrA

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set if a fixed channel is not used in

the remote system.

In the case of “CHANNEL ALL”, all

set channels are activated.

In the remote operating modes,

groups can be set in addition to the

channels (CHANNEL) in order to con-

trol the desired slave flash unit of a

specific group.

The setting of groups (GROUP A, B,

C) is only possible in Canon, Nikon

and Olympus remote control modes.

Setting a channel (CHANNEL) and a

group (GROUP) in a camera-specific

remote system

• Keep the button “AF/SELECT” 

pressed on the flash unit until the

following message appears in the

display:

• Press the button on the flash

unit. In the display appears::

• Press the button on the flash

unit. The most recently used setting

appears in the display, e.g.:

SEL

• Press the button on the flash

unit. In the display appears:

• Press button and select the

desired channel (CHANNEL ALL –

CHANNEL 1..4).

• Press button , the selected

remote channel is set. In the display

appears:

• Press button and select the des-

ired group (GROUP A, GROUP B,

GROUP C).

• Press button and the desired

group is set.

• Press button , the selected remo-

te channel and remote group are

set.

5 Manual wireless slave

mode

Even when cameras are used without

a camera-specific remote system,

wireless release of one or more slave

flash units is possible.

SEL



SEL



SEL

SEL 

SELECT

⊃



SEL

OK

MODELLING

LIGHT

OFF ON

SEL

OK

SYSTEM

OLY REMOTE 

Ch ALL Gr A

CHANNEL ALL

SEL



CHANNEL 3

SEL



GROUP A

SEL



SEL

OK

SYSTEM

OLY REMOTE 

Ch 3 Gr A

1:1

 

OLY Ch3 GrA

GROUP A

SEL



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