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Flash HVL-F58AM © 2008 Sony Corporation 4-183-746- 11 (1) Operating Instruction s.
2 Before o perating the product , please read this manual thoroughl y and re tain it fo r future r eference. To reduce fire o r shock hazard, d o not ex pose the unit t o rain o r moist ure. Tape over lithi um battery cont acts to avoid short -circuit when dispo sing of batteri es, and fo llow lo cal regula tions for battery disposal.
3 Do not operate app liance with a damag ed cord or if th e appliance has been dropped or damaged- until it has been examined by a qualified servi ceman. Let applia nce cool complet ely before putt ing away. Loop cord loosel y around applian ce when storing.
4 For customers in Europe Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipme nt (Applicable in the European Union an d other European countries with separate collection systems) This symb ol on the produc t or on its packag ing indi cates that this product sha ll not be treated as house hold waste.
5 However, there is no guarantee that inte rference will not occu r a particular install ation. I f this equ ipmen t does c ause harmf ul inter ference to r adio or te levisio n reception, which can b.
6 Table of Con tents Features . .......... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ........... ....... .......... 9 Name of parts ........ ....... .......... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... ........
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8 Befor e use Use this uni t in combina tion with a camera that has an acces sory shoe . For details, refer to the opera ting instruct ions supplied wit h your camera.
9 Features * When Sony digital single-lens refl ex camera ( other than the DSLR-A100) is used. The HVL-F58AM is a functional, clip-on flash that provides a large flash output wit h a guide number of 58 ( 105 mm position, ISO 100 · m ).
10 Name of par ts A Built-in wide pane l (page 34) B Flashtube C Wireless control s ignal receiver (page 54) D AF illumina tor (pag e 72) Remove the protective sheet f rom the front of the AF il luminator before use.
11 H Bounce indicator (upper a ngle) (page 3 6) I LCD panel (page 13 ) J Control pan el (page 12) K Bounce ind icator (side ang le) (page 36) L Mounti ng-foot releas e button (page 19) M Battery -cham.
12 Contro l panel A TTL/M (MANUAL/MULTI) button (pag e 44, 48, 61, 66, 73 ) B MODE button (pa ge 22) C TEST butto n (page 31) The status while the lamp is lit Amber: Flash rea dy Green: Proper exp osu.
13 LCD pane l A Zoom i ndicator (page 32 ) B Flash mode ind icator (pag e 22, 61, 64, 66) C Flash -OFF indica tor (page 2 2) D Power-level ind icator (page 43, 48) E Zoom/Mu ltiple-fla sh repet ition .
14 Q Wireless controll er/remote indicator (p age 54) R Flash-range/ Multiple-flas h frequenc y/flash-r atio dis play (page 27, 48, 6 6) S Ratio-f lash indica tor (pag e 66) T Operating ind icator (pa.
Prep arations 15 P repara ti ons Inserting bat teries The HVL-F58AM may be powere d by : • Four AA-s ize alkaline b atteries* • Four AA- size recha rgeable ni ckel-meta l hydride (Ni -MH) batt eries* * Bat teries are no t supp lied.
16 Check ing Batt eries The indicato r on the data pan el blin ks when the bat teries ar e low. • If n othing ap pears on t he LCD p anel when t he POWER s witch is set to ON, check th e orientat ion of the batter ies. blinking Changi ng the batteries is recommende d.
Prep arations 17 OVERHEAT indica tor When th e temperature of this unit rise s at the time of continuous flash use or use i n a high tempe rature environ ment, the flas h suspends oper ation automati cally. • The OVERHEA T indica tor blin ks when over heating is detect ed.
18 Attachment and remo val of the flash unit Attach ing the flas h unit to the camer a With the flas h unit turned of f, push the mounting foo t firmly a nd fully into th e accesso ry shoe o f the cam era. • The f lash un it is locked in pl ace autom atical ly.
Prep arations 19 Removin g the flash unit from the camera While pre ssing the m ounting-foot release butto n 1 , remove the flash uni t 2 ..
20 Turning on the power Set the P OWER switch to ON. The power of the fla sh unit turns on. • When the power of the flash unit is turned on, the LCD panel lights up.
Prep arations 21 Power save mode When th e camera o r flas h unit i s not u sed for three minutes , the flash uni t chang es to power save mode to save the batteries a nd STANDBY indicator appears on the LCD panel. • During wir eless flash photography ( page 54), the flash unit changes to power save mod e after 60 minutes.
22 Changing the flash mo de Press the M ODE button. • The indi cator on t he LCD pan el changes as follo ws. When the fl ash unit is not connec ted to your camera, or when the camera is in power save mode o r the LCD monitor is bein g turned off when the flash unit is connected to your camera: ( AUTO) t WL t t ( AUTO) t .
Prep arations 23 About flash m ode • (Fill-fla sh mode) The f lash uni t always fires . • AUTO (Auto flash mode) The fla sh unit is set to this mod e when the ca mera is set to a uto flash . • WL (Wireless fl ash mode) This mode is used during wireless fla sh photography .
24 LCD panel il luminator Illumi nates the data pa nel at low-light levels. Press the button. • The LCD panel is illuminated for ap proximately e ight seconds. This pe riod is extended if the flash or camer a is used during this tim e. • Press the button again whi le the LCD panel is illum inated to exti nguish the LCD pa nel il lumi nato r.
Basi cs 25 B as i cs Program auto f lash (The basics) 1 Select the P m ode on the c amera. 2 Press the MO DE button to dis play [ AUTO] or [ ] on the LCD panel. • [ AUTO] lights u p when t he camera is set to Autof lash. On ly [ ] lights up when th e came ra is set to Full -flash .
26 3 Press the shu tter button halfw ay down and make sure that the subj ect is with in the flash range. • See pa ge 27 for details o n the fla sh range. 4 When the fla sh unit is ch arged, pr ess the s hutter button to take a photo. • The fla sh unit i s fully c harged w hen the TE ST button on the c ontrol pane l is lit in am ber.
Basi cs 27 When th e correct exposu re has been obtained for the photo just take n, the TEST but ton on t he contro l panel b links in green. • The photo will be under-exposed bec ause of a lack of luminesce nce if taken before charging is comple te.
28 The range that can be displayed on the LCD pan el is from 1.5 m to 28 m (0.7 m to 28 m for downward boun ce; see page 41). When th e distance is beyond thi s range, or is lit on either side of the Flash range. • The flash range is no t shown when using flash boun ce above, with wirele ss flash, or when off-c amera cab les are u sed.
Basi cs 29 Using flash in eac h recordi ng mode of th e camera This section explains how to use the fla sh unit in each recordi ng mode of the camera. Aperture pr iority fl ash photogr aphy (A) 1 Select the A mode on th e camera. 2 Press the MO DE button to dis play [ ].
30 Shutter sp eed prior ity flash photogr aphy (S) 1 Select the S m ode on the c amera. 2 Press the M ODE button to display [ ]. • Fill- flash is sele cted. 3 Set the shutte r speed, and focus the subject. 4 Press the shu tter button w hen chargin g is comple te.
Applications 31 A pp li ca ti ons Test-flash You can try a test flash before shoot ing. Check the ligh t level using the test flash when you use a flas h meter, etc., in the manua l flash (M) mode. Press the TEST button when the TEST button l ights up i n amber.
32 Zoom flash cover age Auto zoom This flash unit automatically swi tches optimum flash coverage (zoo m flash coverage) to c over a range of focal lengt hs from 24 mm to 105 mm when photographi ng (auto zoom). Normally, you do not ne ed to switch the fla sh coverag e manually.
Applications 33 Manual zoom You can manu ally set th e flash coverage regardless of th e focal length of the lens in use (manual zoom). Press the ZOOM button to select the flash cover age to be set. • The zoom cove rage is changed in th e following o rder.
34 Built -in wide panel (16 mm zoom angle) Pulling out the built-in wide pane l expands flash cove rage to a focal lengt h of 16 mm. Pull out the wide pane l and set it at the front of flash tube, and then pu sh back the bounce s heet. • [WIDE] is displayed on the LCD panel.
Applications 35 Flash cove rage & focal le ngth The larg er th e focal length fi gure of the le ns on a came ra, the further a way a subjec t can be p hotograph ed to ta ke up th e full scre en; but the area that can be covered be comes s maller.
36 Bounce flash Using the flash unit with a wall directly behin d the subject produces stron g shadows on the wall. By directin g the flash u nit at the ce iling y ou can illu minate th e subject w ith reflected light , reducing the int ensity of the sh adows and producing a softer lig ht on the screen.
Applications 37 Rotate the flas h unit upwa rds or to the lef t and right while holding the c amera firmly. • appe ars on th e LC D panel . The fla sh may be s et to the following angles.
38 • When the flash is rotated upwards, the f lash range is not di splayed on the LCD panel. High-speed sync (pag e 47) i s also cleared. • When the flash is rotated upwards, the bounce i ndicator doe s not appea r. • Use a white cei ling or wall to reflect t he flash .
Applications 39 When the fla sh is bounce d upwards Deter mine the angl e in relati on to the follo wing table. Using the bou nce she et The bounce she et creates a highli ght in the subje ct's eyes and make s the subject look mo re vibrant. • The bounce she et is pulled out when the wide panel is pull ed out.
40 90° sidew ays bounce When the bounc e angle is set to 90° s ideways and 0° upwards while shooti ng in the portrait po sition, the top and bottom of the photo ma y darken. In this case , use the built-i n wide panel or set the boun ce angle to 0° sideways.
Applications 41 Close-up p hotograph y (downward bou nce) Tilt the flash sli ghtly downwards when photographi ng objects between 0. 7 m and 1.5 m fro m the ca mera t o ensu re accura te illu minatio n. Rotate the flas h downwards w ith holding the camera firmly.
42 • appears on the LCD panel. • When photo graphing at a distanc e closer than 0.7 m, th e flash will not be able to comple tely cover the subject and th e botto m of the pictu re will be dark er. Use a n off-cam era flash, Macro Twi n Flash, or Ring Light.
Applications 43 Manual flash ( M) Norm al TTL flas h metering a utomati cally ad justs the fl ash intensity to provide the proper ex posure for the subje ct. Manual flas h provides a fixed flash intensity irrespec tive of the bright ness of the subjec t and the camera settin g.
44 2 Press the TTL/M button to display on the LCD panel. • The modes change in the following order. , , 3 Press the g or G button to select the p ower level to be set.
Applications 45 • When the shutter button i s pressed h alfway do wn, the di stance at which the proper exposur e is obtained appear s on the LCD panel. • In manua l flash ph otography, if the power l evel is set at 1/1 th en the flash will go off at fu ll power.
46 TTL flash Manual f lash pro vides a fix ed flash intensity irrespec tive of the brightnes s of the subject and the camera setting. TTL* flash measures the light from the subjec t that is reflected th rough the lens.
Applications 47 High-speed sync ( HSS) High-spee d sync eliminates the restrictions of fl ash sync speed and enable s the flash to be use d through the en tire shutt er speed rang e of the camera.
48 Multiple flash (MULTI) The fla sh is trig gered a nu mber of times whi le the s hutter is open (m ultiple fla sh). Multiple flash all ows motion of the sub ject to be c aptured in a photogra ph for late r analysis . • The camera must be set to the M mode fo r multiple fla sh photography.
Applications 49 3 Press the Fn b utton to make [TIMES] blink. • The current number of flashes for multiple fl ash is displayed on the LCD panel..
50 4 Press the f or F button to select the number of flashes. • The numbe r of flashes may be selecte d from the foll owing. - -, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 , 25, 20, 15, 10 , 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 , 4, 3, 2 • Keep th e f or F button pr essed down to repeated ly change the val ue.
Applications 51 6 Press the f or F button to select the flash freq uency. • The flash frequ ency may be selecte d from the following. 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 • Keep the f or F button pres sed down to r epeatedl y chang e the value.
52 9 Press the Fn button. 10 Set the shutte r speed and a perture. • The shut ter speed is calculate d as follow s to suit the sele cted fla sh frequency and numbe r of flashes.
Applications 53 Maximum num ber of continuous flashes The maximum number of conti nuous flashes during mu ltiple flash phot ography is limite d by the char ge in the batter y.
54 Wireless fl ash mode (WL) Photogra phs taken with th e flas h unit at tached t o the c amera are flat as shown in photo 1 . In such cases, remove the flash unit from the camera and positi on it to obtain a more th ree-dimension al effect as shown in phot o 2 .
Applications 55 Wir eless Fl ash Range The wireless flash uses a light signal from the fl ash as a trigger to operate the off - camera flash uni t. Follow the points below when position ing the camer a, flash, and subject. • Photograp h in dark locations i ndoors.
56 Distance camera-H VL-F58AM-subj ect • The distances in the above table assum e the use of ISO 100. If ISO 400 is used the dis tances m ust be mu ltiplied by a fa ctor of t wo (assum e a lim it of 5 m ). • The flash range is no t displayed on the LCD pa nel when using wirel ess flash.
Applications 57 Openin g and closin g the mi ni-stan d • The mini-st and is collaps ible and must be open when used. Attachi ng and remo ving th e mini- stand • Use the su pplied mini -stand when the fl ash unit is separat e from the camera.
58 • When min i-stand break into each part, fit the part of shaft into the othe r part. Possible wireless fl ash photograp hy for this flash unit The following m ethods for wirele ss flash photogra phy can be used with thi s flash unit.
Applications 59 • For details, see “Combinatio n of camera, off-c amera flash and contr oller.” • You can use s everal off -camera fl ashes at t he same t ime. • The off -camera fl ash fires with the power lev el set in each flas h when th e off- camera flash i s in the MANUAL mode.
60 *4 This flash unit has two wire less control modes, [CTR L1] and [CTRL2]. The wireless controller indicator o n the LCD panel is displayed as follows. [CTRL1] mode: [C TRL+] When using HVL-F58AM/HVL-F42AM as off-camera flash, select this mode. [CTRL2] mode: [C TRL] When using HVL-F56AM/HVL-F36AM as off-camera flash, select this mode.
Applications 61 [1] Wireless fla sh photo graphy with built- in flas h of the came ra Use only an off-ca mera flash unit, u sing the light from t he built-in flash as a signal. 1 Attach the flas h unit to the c amera and tu rn the power of the flash u nit and came ra on.
62 5 Make sure that the b uilt-in flash a nd flash unit are fully charged . • “ ” i s lit in t he view finder when t he built -in flash is fully c harged. • When the flas h unit is fully char ged in the wireless fla sh mode, the AF illuminato r on the front blinks , and the TEST button is li t in amber.
Applications 63 Set ting wi reless flas h by flas h only Once you have performed the wireless f lash setup in step [1], if yo u continue to use the same c amera an d flash combinati on withou t changin g the wirel ess chan nel then you can a lso set the flas h and camera se parately to wirele ss.
64 [2] Wireless flash pho tograph y withou t buil t-in flash o f camera You can take a photo with wireless flash by us ing 2 flash units, one as a cont roller and the other as an off-c amera flas h unit, even if the camera does not have a built-i n flash.
Applications 65 5 Press the g or G button to make RATIO [OFF] blin k. 6 Press the Fn b utton. • [CTRL+] or [CTRL] is displayed. Off-camera flas h setting: Set the w ireless fla sh while th e flash unit is a ttached to the camera, and then remo ve it from th e camera .
66 6 Check a gain that the controller a nd the flash unit are fully char ged, and pr ess the s hutter button to take the photo. • Even if RATIO i s set to [OFF] , the c ontroller flash es to tr ansmit a signal .
Applications 67 Camera Setting: Set the came ra to wireles s flash. For deta ils, refer to the opera ting instructio ns supplied wit h your camera. Controller Setting: 1 Press the MODE button r epeatedly to displ ay [W L ] . 2 Press the Fn b utton. 3 Press the g or G button to make [CTRL] blink.
68 Off-camera flas h setting: Set the wireles s flash whil e the fla sh unit is attac hed to the ca mera, a nd then remove it from the camera. F or details, refer to the opera ting inst ructions supplie d with t he extern al flash . When t he HVL-F58AM is used a s the o ff- camera fl ash, see page 63.
Applications 69 Connecting ca mera and f lash by cable Using the of f-camera cabl es FA-CC1AM (op tional) allows photography w ith flash units se parate f rom the c amera.
70 • In this mode, ADI metering will be canceled and Pre-flash TTL metering will be used au tomatica lly (page 43) . • High-spe ed sync in the P mode cannot be used when the flash is c onnected with th e off-cam era cable FA-CC1AM ( optional). • All the flash units are at the same power le vel in TTL flash mode .
Applications 71 Using external ba ttery adapt or You can use an Extern al Battery Ada ptor FA-EB1AM (opti onal) as an exter nal power supply. 1 Remove the terminal c ap.
72 AF illuminator In low-light or when subject contrast is low, whe n the shutter button is press ed halfwa y down for Auto Focus, the r ed lam p on the front o f the fl ash unit will l ight. This i s the AF illu minator used as an aid in Aut o Focus.
Applications 73 Reset to t he default set tings Press the MO DE and TTL/M bu ttons toge ther for three seconds. Most fla sh functions re turn to thei r default sett ings.
74 Custom setting The various flash se ttings may be changed as necessary. The follo wing eight items ma y be changed. • HSS setting ( on/off) • Wirele ss channel setti ng (channels 1 to 4) • Wi.
Applications 75 2 Press the g or G butto n to select th e item. For details on the each setting, refer to “ Changing the custom setting” (page 78). 3 Press the Fn b utton to finish the custo m setting. • The LC D panel retur ns to t he original display.
76 Select with the f butto n or F bu tton Select with the g b utton or G bu tton C01. H SS settin g on off C02. Wirel ess channel setting Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 C03.
Applications 77 Select with the f butto n or F button Select with the g b utton or G bu tton C05. Test- flash setting Once 3 times C06. Time to pow er save 30 seconds 3 minutes 30 minutes none 4 seconds C07. Time to power save whe n using wirele ss flash 60 minutes none C08.
78 Changin g the cust om setting This is an expla nation of how to change each custom setti ng is given below. To set the high-speed sync (C 01) You can s et the hi gh-speed syn c. Press the f or F button to select [ON]. • The displa y switches between [ ON] and [OFF].
Applications 79 To select w ireless co ntrol mode (C03) You can change the w ireless cont rol mode. T his flash unit ha s two controlle r modes, [CTRL1] and [CTRL2]. The wirele ss cont roller indi cator o n the LCD panel is di spla yed a s fol lows . [CTRL1] mode: [CTRL+] When using HVL-F58AM/HVL-F42AM as off-came ra flash, s elect th is mode.
80 To change the test-fl ash mode (C05 ) You can c hange the flashing m ethod when using t est-flash. Press the f or F button to select the test -flash set ting. • The displa y is chan ged in the fol lowing order . [TEST1] y [TEST3] y [TESTM] y . . .
Additional Information 81 Additi ona l I n f orma ti on Notes on use While shooti ng • This flash unit g enerates strong l ight, so it should not be used dire ctly in f ront of the eyes . • Do not use the f lash 20 t imes in a ro w or in qui ck succ ession in order to preve nt heating and degradation of the camera and flash uni t.
82 • Remove the batter ies only a fter turn ing the po wer off and waiting several minutes , when changing the batt eries. The batterie s may be hot, depend ing on the batte ry type. Re move them carefu lly. • Remove and store the batteries when you do not int end to use the camera for a long time .
Additional Information 83 Maintenance Remove th is unit from th e camera. Clean t he flash with a dry soft clot h. If the flash has been in cont act wit h sand, wi ping will damage the surf ace, and it sh ould therefor e be cleaned gently usin g a blower.
84 Specific ations Guide n umber Normal flash (ISO100) Manua l flash/35mm -format APS-C format Power level Flash coverage setting (mm) 16* 24 28 35 50 70 105 1 / 1 1 72 93 13 64 24 85 8 1/2 11.9 20.8 21.8 25.1 29. 6 34.2 41.0 1/4 8.4 14.7 15.4 17.8 20.
Additional Information 85 HSS flat flash (IS O100) Manual f lash/35mm-f ormat APS-C format Frequency/Repetition • Repetit ion is the approx imate number of times that are pos sible befo re a new ba ttery is comple tely dead. Shutter speed Flash coverage setting (mm) 16* 24 28 35 50 70 105 1/250 6.
86 Functions in th ese operatin g instruction s depend on tes ting condit ions at our firm. Design a nd specifi cations are subject to change wi thout noti ce.
Additional Information 87.
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