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Hoping someone out there can help me understand how to use this flash in auto mode. The more I read the more I seem to get confused.
I have a Polaroid 180 Land camera and a Metz 45 CL-4 flash. Normally I would experiment with various settings but the film is a bit to expensive to waste and reading the instructions is just confusing me.
The camera manual says I need to set the mode to “X” and a shutter speed of 125th when using an electronic flash (I had read somewhere that the camera will sync to its max of 500th). This camera is a fully manual model.
So imagine I were in a poorly lit room and there isn't enough light to take a shot with a quick enough shutter speed to prevent camera shake. I add the flash but how do I select the shutter speed and aperture on the camera? what are the deciding factors? Even with auto flash does shutter speed still control ambient exposure?
The flash manual says I have to set the flash to the same aperture as the camera. Would moving the aperture setting on the flash then act as flash exposure compensation?
I have attached links to the manuals for reference.
http://ebgy.free.fr/photo/docs/45CL4_e.pdf
http://jameskbeard.com/Photography/Other_Manuals/Polaroid_180_Manual_OCR.pdf
I have a Polaroid 180 Land camera and a Metz 45 CL-4 flash. Normally I would experiment with various settings but the film is a bit to expensive to waste and reading the instructions is just confusing me.
The camera manual says I need to set the mode to “X” and a shutter speed of 125th when using an electronic flash (I had read somewhere that the camera will sync to its max of 500th). This camera is a fully manual model.
So imagine I were in a poorly lit room and there isn't enough light to take a shot with a quick enough shutter speed to prevent camera shake. I add the flash but how do I select the shutter speed and aperture on the camera? what are the deciding factors? Even with auto flash does shutter speed still control ambient exposure?
The flash manual says I have to set the flash to the same aperture as the camera. Would moving the aperture setting on the flash then act as flash exposure compensation?
I have attached links to the manuals for reference.
http://ebgy.free.fr/photo/docs/45CL4_e.pdf
http://jameskbeard.com/Photography/Other_Manuals/Polaroid_180_Manual_OCR.pdf