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THe FaSCina TiOn OF
FlaSH PHOTOGraPHy –
Metz mecablitz – Flash units for
analog and digital cameras
MeTZ MeCaBliTZ
COMPleTe PHOTO eleCTrOniCS Ca TalOGue 2008/2009
Metz – always first class. www.metz.de
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Contents 4 into the future with tradition 6 Photo Gallery 8 Product Families 10 System Flash Units 12 Metz mecablitz 58 aF-1 digital 14 Metz mecablitz 48 aF-1 digital 16 Metz mecablitz 36 aF-4 digital 18 SCA Flash Units 20 Metz mecablitz 76 MZ-5 digital 22 Metz mecablitz 45 Cl-4 digital 24 Metz mecablitz 54 MZ-4i digital 26 Metz mecablitz 44 MZ-2 digital
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into the future with tradition Photo Gallery Product Families System Flash Units Metz mecablitz 58 aF-1 digital 28 Automatic Flash Units Metz mecablitz 48 aF-1 digital 30 Metz mecablitz 45 Cl-1 Metz mecablitz 36 aF-4 digital 32 Metz mecablitz 36 C-2 + Metz mecablitz 20 C-2 SCA Flash Units 34 Slave Flash Units Metz mecablitz 76 MZ-5 digital 36 Metz mecablitz 28 CS-2 digital Metz mecablitz 45 Cl-4 digital 38 Metz mecablitz 15 MS-1 digital Metz mecablitz 54 MZ-4i digital Metz mecablitz 44 MZ
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Into the future with tradition For decades, Metz has played a leading role in professional flash photography. it’s no wonder, because the company’s product range is very diverse. ranging from handy and compact up to powerful handheld flashguns, there is just the right light for any need. The highly-developed SCa adapter system is another Metz strength. it makes it possible for Metz SCa flash units to be used on many cameras. Metz thus successfully manufactures products that stand out due
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Metz – Ideas have a future excellent Through an entire series of quality technical pioneer work, the Metz plants have established Metz flash units operated convincingly an excellent reputation over in many tests. This is the case for light many decades. This is the result performance as well as reliability and of core competences in the handling. in order to maintain this areas of electronics and plastics quality, the Metz plants in Zirndorf engineering. an entire series of near nurem
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Photo Galler Y More fun – better pictures u sing a flash pays off: anyone using additional light when taking a photograph obtains better results, because in post-processing, it isn’t possible to obtain missing colors or brilliance from the picture: The methods: u sing a flash doesn‘t only mean flooding a dark subject with light; rather it also means handling this light in a target manner as well as creatively. There are very different methods available to achieve this. it starts with a d
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ProduCt f aMIlIes With Metz mecablitz digital into the future The flexibility of Metz mecablitz units can be seen in the different flash families. They have the respective functional equipment to go along with the different requirements profiles. in principle, there are the following groups: sYsteM flash unIts sCa flash unIts With System flash units, using a flash is a great deal of Cameras can change, but not Metz! The unique special fun. Thanks to their being highly-developed and fully feat
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autoMatIC flash unIts slave flash unIts automatic flash units are connected to the camera via The group of slave flash units is intended to be used for a hot-shoe contact or a sync cord connection and have particularly varied and interesting directed lighting. This is their own automatic flash control. This means that it isn’t because they can be used as so-called “off-camera” flashes, the camera that controls the flash, rather the flash itself because they can be positioned anywhere in the r
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sYsteM flash unIts flash tIP Spanning large distances: using a flash is more fun than ever before. it’s no wonder, because with Metz system flash units, absolute operating comfort is available. The choice of flash mode decisively affects the mood in photography. The pictures compared Clearly-arranged displays, some of them even illuminated, give on this page show an effectively brightened information, for example, about what values the respective flash pro- subject that was at a great dista
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flash tIP Obtaining the lighting mood: Thanks to modern flash controllers such as, for example, e-TTl, i-TTl, P-TTl, and aDi, the light output of Metz system flash units can be control- led by the camera. if the existing lighting mood is to be retained, it is therefore important to use a shutter time that is longer than the flash synch time. For portraits, however, an exposure time of 1/60 second should not be exceeded. slave flash unIts autoMatIC flash unIts s Ca f lash u n Its sYsteM fla
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MeCablItz 58 af-1 dIGItal for the ambitious ance power management, multi-zone flash output Best flash unit in Europe • h i g h m a x . G N o f 5 8 f o r I S O 1 0 0 / 2 1 ° 2007/2008* aF measuring flash, and a fully and 105 mm experts from 50 different trade swiveling reflector system. The new basic configuration journals from 18 european countries top Metz model transmits all camera- • secondar y reflector with 3 light output ratios awarded this coveted
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Camera-specific CANON system flash modes NIKON CANON VERSION FUJIFIlm • E-TTL- / E-TTL-II flash mode • E-TTL remote mode Ol YmPUS (master and slave operation) PANASONIC NIKON / FUJIFIlm VERSION • i-TTL / D-TTL / 3D flash mode PENTAX • i-TTL remote mode SAmSUNG (master and slave operation) Ol YmPUS / P ANASONIC / lEICA VERSION SONY (DSlR) • Four Thirds TTL flash mode • Four Thirds TTL remote mode (master and slave operation) PENTAX / SAmSUNG V
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MeCablItz 48 af-1 dIGItal for committed amateur photographers Best Accessory 2008 flash-ready, due to its fully automatic flash output • h i g h m a x . G N o f 4 8 f o r I S O 1 0 0 / 2 1 ° Having just been awarded the cove- flash modes. They facilitate precision and 105 mm ted “Tipa awards 2008” in the cate- light output is tailor-made for each basic configuration gory Best accessory, the Metz meca- individual subject. a variety of manual • ver tical (-7/+90°) and
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CANON Camera-specific system flash modes NIKON CANON VERSION FUJIFIlm • E-TTL- / E-TTL-II flash mode Ol YmPUS • E-TTL remote mode (slave operation) NIKON/FUJIFIlm VERSION PANASONIC • i-TTL / D-TTL / 3D flash mode PENTAX • i-TTL remote mode (slave operation) SASUNG m Ol YmPUS/P ANASONIC/lEICA VERSION • Four Thirds TTL flash mode SONY (DSlR) • F o u r T h i r d s T T L r e m o t e m o d e (slave operation) PENTAX/SAmSUNG VER
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MeCablItz 36 af-4 dIGItal for demanding beginners The compact class flash output • m a x . G N o f 3 6 f o r I S O 1 0 0 / 2 1 ° Presenting the Metz mecablitz and 85 mm 36 aF-4C digital for Canon, 36 basic configuration aF-4n digital for nikon, 36 aF-4O • ver tically tilting reflector +90° • LED displays digital for Olympus and Panasonic, • m a n u a l z o o m r e fl e c t o r f o r 2 8 - 8 5 m m 36 aF-4P for Pentax / Samsung and illumination
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CANON Camera-specific system flash modes NIKON CANON VERSION FUJIFIlm • E-TTL flash mode Ol YmPUS NIKON/FUJIFIlm VERSION PANASONIC • i-TTL flash mode PENTAX Ol YmPUS/P ANASONIC/lEICA VERSION • Four Thirds TTL flash mode SASUNG m PENTAX/SAmSUNG VERSION SONY (DSlR) • P-TTL flash mode SONY AlPhA VERSION • ADI flash mode Guaranteed in the future • f i r m w a r e u p d a t e p o s s i b l e v i a Metz Service Power sources • 4 x AA alka
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sCa flash unIts flash tIP The unique special feature of Metz SCa flash units is that one and A second look the same flash unit can be used with different cameras – it doesn’t Many wedding photographs are exclusively matter whether they are digital or analog. By simply replacing the standard poses. anyone who comes up with additional ideas here can score bonus points. adapter, system cameras from different manufacturers can be used, Why not photograph the bridal couple or wed- because they o
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flash tIP Perfectly-equipped Tough professional use requires the maximum flash power. The new, practical, high-power Power Pack P 76, which attaches to your belt, provides even more energy. This increases flash output, while simultaneously reducing the flash recycle time. This is a dramatic improvement, which makes it possible to fall back on maximum flash power when taking a battery-draining series of shots. slave flash unIts autoMatIC flash unIts s Ca f lash u n Its sYsteM flash unIts
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MeCablItz 76 Mz-5 dIGItal light power for pros Powerful handheld flash guns digital keeps up with the times and flash output • h i g h m a x . G N o f 7 6 f o r I S O 1 0 0 / 2 1 ° Worldwide, professional photogra- provides outstanding flash conven- and 105 mm phers put their trust in the powerful ience with a great deal of creative basic configuration 76 MZ-5 digital from Metz. above flexibility in setting up shots. Discrimi- • SCA adapter system (universal flash
