Metz MECABLITZ 58 AF-2 digital Mode D'emploi page 146

A battery symbol appears on the display
• There is a Metz Power Pack P76 connected to the mecablitz and there are
batteries in the battery compartment of the mecablitz. Remove batteries from
the mecablitz.
The AF measuring beam of the flash unit is not activated.
• The flash unit is not ready for firing.
• The camera is not in Single AF mode (S-AF).
• The camera supports only its own internal AF measuring beam.
• Some cameras support the AF measuring beam in the flash unit only with the
camera's central AF sensor. If a peripheral AF sensor is selected, then the AF
measuring beam will not be activated in the flash unit. Activate the central AF
sensor.
The reflector position is not automatically adjusted to the current zoom posi-
tion of the lens.
• The camera is not transmitting any digital data to the flash unit (Group A
cameras).
• There is no exchange of data between the flash unit and the camera. Tap the
camera's shutter release.
• The camera is equipped with a lens without CPU.
• The main reflector is swivelled out of its locked normal position.
• The wide-angle diffuser folds out from the main reflector.
• A Mecabounce is mounted in front of the main reflector.
The aperture setting on the flash unit is not automatically adjusted to that of
the lens.
• The camera is not transmitting any digital data to the flash unit (Group A
cameras).
• There is no exchange of data between the flash unit and the camera. Tap the
camera's shutter release.
• The camera is equipped with a lens without CPU.
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The secondary reflector cannot be activated, or no flash is triggered.
• The secondary reflector does not support the stroboscopic, remote and model-
ling light (ML) flash modes. In these modes the secondary reflector cannot be
activated, or the secondary reflector does not trigger a flash.
• The main reflector is in its normal position or tilted downwards.
The secondary reflector flashes even though it is switched off.
• The mecablitz operates as a master in the remote system. The secondary
reflector of the master flash unit controls the slave flash units. The light of the
secondary reflector does not contribute to the exposure of the shot in this
case.
TTL
The TTL fill-in flash BL cannot be set.
• There has been no exchange of data between the flash unit and the camera.
Tap the camera's shutter release.
• The camera does not support TTL fill-in flash mode.
• The camera is switched to spot metering. Choose another metering type, for
example multi-zone metering.
The setting for manual TTL flash exposure correction has no effect.
• The camera does not support manual TTL flash exposure correction on the
flash unit (Group A cameras, for example).
Flash unit cannot be set for wireless remote operation as the master flash unit.
• Wireless remote operation is supported only by Group E cameras. Remote
flash operation is not available with other cameras.
• There has been no exchange of data between the flash unit and the camera.
Tap the camera's shutter release.