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I have tried several times to tame the beast that is the metz flash. you will see over the next few posts how successful or not the results have been.
I think i have a much better understand of it now ive had a few good goes on it,its not an easy device to use and in the wrong conditions the light can be quite unforgiving and not the most flattering to the subjects.
It has a few different ways it can be set up and some of the models vary slightly.
TTL - common in most modern cameras the Through The Lens metering is pretty much an automatic setting if your going from different light set ups at say a wedding or a social event. A pre-flash is fired out of the smaller bulb to measure light returning to the lens.on longer exposures this will look like 2 flashes if rear curtain sync is on.
Manual - You tell the flash exactly how much light you want it to fire and thats it,it doesnt try and change anything so you have to meter for it yourself correctly or it simply wont work.
Aperture - Like half way between the previous 2. You tell the flash what aperture you have it set to and it usess a sensor to adjust the lighting to suit. Its like a semi automatic,not exactly manual but then doesnt go as far as ttl for the whole scene in front of it. There is an iso dial which needs to be used at the same time for this setting to work properly.
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