Hanimex TZ2*36 electronic Flash User manual

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Dedicated Bounce,
Zoom Flash
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INSTRUCTIONS
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T22*36          SPEC|F|CAT|ON
Guide Numbbr     2Om DlN21 (65 ft. ASA lOO) on Wide 2
    (High)         25m DlN21 (8oft. ASA 10O) on Wide 1
                3Om DlN21 (1OOft. ASA 1OO) on Standard
                36m DlN21 (12Oft. ASA 1OO) on Tele
Guide Number       One quarter the figure for High.
   (Low)          To suit down to 28mm on Wide 2 (using W/A Adapter),
Coverage Angle     35mm on Wide 1, SOmm on Standarg and 85mm on Tele.
Eounc                 O" to gO", detented at O" and every 15o from 45'to 90"
Macro                  5' Depression for closeups with safety latch.
Flash Duration       1/15OO second effective on manual, down to 1/25OOO second on auto.
Flecycle Time        7 seconds with Alkaline cells (manual)
Auto Check            1/" second display of yellow l.ad.
Auto-Off Gircult      Power switches off when storage capacitor is fully charged. Power
                          reinstated automatically when  f ired or when on-off switch reoperated.
Power Source       4 x AA, Alkaline cells preferred.
Battery Life          18O flashes on manual with Alkaline Cells (DlN)
Indicator           Red Le.d. 'Ready' Lamp; Green Le.d. 'Power On' lamp; Yellow
                         l.e.d.'Auto-Check'  Lamp.
Dedication           Accepts Hanimex Integrated Flash System (l.F.S.) modules to suit
                        current & future cameras.

www.butkus.us INTRODUCTION                                   please,                                                          read these instructions, and those of
TheT22*36  is unique among dedicated flash     your modu le, thoroughly.
guns in that all the circuit requirements to
suit your particular camera are all built into
the IFS module. When the correct IFS         INSTALLING THE MODULE
module  is fitted, theT22*36 exactly suits             lf your dealer did not install the module
your camera and operates all the  f lash inter-       (1) to the flashgun proper (5) please pro-
face circuits your camera provides. Further-       ceed as follows
more, and contrary to most other dedicated      1. Check the module package that the
 f lash guns, there are no circuits for other           module is suitable for your camera and
cameras extra to your needs that you have           that the module type number on the
had to pay for. So now you can have all the         package and the module itself are the
benef its of your camera's flash dedication            same.
while enjoying the use of such an economic,     2. Hold the flash gun, rear side uppermost
compact, powerful, zoom bounce flash gun            in one hand and the module, also rear
as the T22*36.                                        side uppermost but slightly tilted forward,
Full enjoyment comes with understanding so,          in the other hand, See Figure 1.

3. The'flashgun has ribs (4) one in each side            In a new gun a tight lid (20) may not open
    of its lower housing which have to engage            far without tapping the gun lightly in the
     in slots (2) in the module. Further, the           palm of the hand. Once batteries are in-
   gun has a slot (24,  f ig g) to accept the               stalled they will always push the lid open
    circuit board tongue (3) of the module.          on operating the latch.
    Therefore enter the module into the gun       2. Take 4 AA Cells (Alkaline are preferred)
    housing so that the corners (6) just rest on        and load them in one after another observ-
    the start of the ribs as in Figure 2.                    ing the polarity signs on the lid contacts
4. Push the module in a little more and               or observing the arrangment in Figure 4.
    straighten  it up so that the tongue (3)         3. Close the lid which will automatically
    enters the slot (24!. as in Figure 3.                     latch.
5. Finally push the module home, when it
    will be felt to lock into place.             POWERING UP & TESTING                                           1. Switch on by moving the PowerSwitch
                                                          (15) from left to right (from 0 to.  ).
LOADING BATTERIES                         The green l.e.d. 'Power' lamp (16) will
1. Push the lid catch (14) upwards to release            light up to show that power is being
   the battery lid (20), as in Figure 8. Note.          consumed.

www.butkus.us2. After a time (only a few seconds with              (18) may go out but in any case the green
    fresh batteries) the red Le.d. 'Ready'                 Le.d. will re-light to restore the power
   lamp (18) will light up to indicate that              used.
    the gun's cdpacitor  is charged to at least      6. Switch off by moving the switch (15) to
    7Oo/o of it's capacity.                              theleft(0position).
3. The green Power lamp (16) will extinguish
    after a few minutes. This is normal as       AUTO.OFF CIRCUITRY
   power  is only supplied to the charging        The T22*36 employs a battery saving auto-
    circuit until full charge is reached.             matic on-off circuit (AUTO-OFFlsuch  that,
4. Switch to one of the'Auto' positions                  if you do not fire the flashgun,  it disconnects
   on your module and press the 'Test'            the batteries from the power inverter stage,
   button (19) to  f ire the flash while pointing     switching off the green 'Powe/ l.e.d. as it
    at some close object. The yellow Auto-        does so. The red 'Ready' l.e.d. will remain
   check l.e.d. (17) will light up for about          alight for some time indicating that the gun is
   1% seconds to conf irm correct auto                  still ready to fire.
    thyristor action.                                                  lf you fire the flash at any time, battery
5. After carrying out (4) above, the red l.e.d.     power is automatically re-connected and the

green l.e.d. lights up again until the used            before inserting the foot (10) into the acces-
 charge has been restored to the  f lash capacitor.       sory shoe of your camera. Push it right home
 lf, after a long time without use, the red          and then screw the lock-ring down to clamp
'Ready' l.e.d. extinguishes, the gun may be         the gun firmly.
 readied again by switching  <jff and then on again
A great advantage with this circuit is that even   OPERATION
 if you forget to switch off the T22*36 when     When you are about to use the flash,  f irst
putting the gun away, you can safely depend      move the switch (15) to the right (. position)
on the circuit disconnecting the batteries.          as described in POWER lNG UP & TESTtNiG.
Naturally,  if you do not intend using the        When the Ready Lamp (18) red l.e.d. lights
flashgun for some weeks, it is better to           up you may trip your camera shutter to fire
remove the batteries to avoid the possibility        the  f lash and expose your picture. The flash
of contact corrosion.                                   will not fire if the Ready Lamp is not lit so
                                                     please check for the'Ready' signal. NOTE.
MOUNTING THE FLASHGUN TO YOUR        Most cameras will also show a 'Ready' in-
CAME RA                                          dication in the viewfinder for greater ease of
Always screw the lock-rinS (11) fully upwards      use.

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Automatic control is the simplest and most       Each time you use the TZ2*36 under auto-
economical way of using your flashgun.           matic control, the yellow l.e.d. (17) will
 Basically, light reflected back from the sub-          light up for about 1% seconds  if the subject
ject is integrated (either in your camera or in      was within range. This gives you ample time
the flashgun) and when the correct exposure       to lower the camera  f rom the shooting posi-
has been reached, the flashgun is switched off      tion to check whether you have made a
by the series thyristor to ensure that any            correct exposure.
unused charge is saved for the next shot. This     NOTE. Some cameras have the facility for
speeds up the recycle time and reduces            showing the auto-check signal in the view-
battery drain.                                                                                        f inder.
No calculations are required for Automatic       When in doubt whether the shot you wish to
Control other than to check that the subject       take is within automatic range you may test
is within range. This you may do by using the     on open  f lash by pressing the'Test' button
Auto-Check  facility, by using the Guide            (19) and noting the presence or absence of
Number, or by using the calculator.                the yellow light.

NOTE. The range depends on your module          'Aperture' slide to the film speed you are
as well as the relative light absorbency of the         using. You may now read the appropriate
subject or background.                              distance above any given aperture. In Figure
                                         10 it is to be noted that the Distance slide has
USING THE CALCULATOR                     been set to W1 and the Aperture slide to 100
The calculator slide rule (see Figure 10) has      ASA (D lN 21). Note that there are two
two slides, one on the flashgun proper (the         aperture scales on the Aperture slide. The
'Distance' slide (26)) and one on the module        upper scale is for full power manual or for
(the 'Aperture' slide (25)). Your module may      automatic control while the lower scale is for
have a different appearance to Figure 10 but       reduced power. (NOTE. These are switch
the principle of operation is the same in all           selectable. See your module instructions).
cases. As well, full instructions are given         You may now look above the aperture you
with the module.                                     are using and read off the distance. In Figure
First set the index mark l27l of the 'Distance'      10 if you were using f2.8 at full power or on
slide to the zoom setting in use   T, S, Wl, or      automatic the distance is 3O feet (9 M). lf                                -                         ZOOM).          you were using f2.8 on low power it is 7 feetW2 (see section on USING THE
Secondly set the index mark (281 of the              (2 M).

For example, you are using 400 ASA (27        You may also use the low level manual
Df N) film you are shooting atf l4 and you         operation, particularly for motor-drive (up
have the zoom set to 'S'. The guide number  is      to 2 f .p.s.) or fill in flash.
200 feet (60 metre). Dividing this number by      Manual options are selected by a switch in the
4 gives a distance of 50 feet (15 metre).           module. See your Module instructions for
lf you were using low power then the distance      further details.
woufd be 12% feet or 37a metres.
MAUAL CONTROL                       USING THE ZOOM
You will want to use Manual Control when       Normally the zoom shroud (21) is clicked
you wish to shoot at apertures that may not        into one of its 3 positions that suits the lens
be possible in Automatic Control.                   in use on your camera. The setting (Wl-35mm,
Generally you will use the high setting and       S-50mm, or T-85mm) appears in the window
use the calculator or G uide N umber to deter-       (12). The indication refers to the widest
mine the distance or f/no. (see USING THE       angle lens which that setting will adequately
CALCULATOR and cUIDE NUMBER              illuminate. Therefore always choose a setting
sections).                                        equal or lower than the focal length of your

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 lens. For example,  if you have a 42 mm lens       your subject is unavoidable at a greater
you could use the W1-35mm (with or witho.ut      distance and evenness of illumination is
the wide angle adapter - see below). The          secondary.longer the focal length zoom setting you use
the greater the distance under automatic
control or the faster the recycle time for a      WIDE ANGLE ADAPTER (W2'
given distance you can achieve.               To cover down to 28mm lenses it is necessary
                                                   to snap the wide angle adapter l22l on to theAgian, for example, you may have a 135mm
tele lens on your camera. In this case, any                      f ront of the zoom shroud (21 ) and operate                                                the zoom in the closed-up W1-35mm position.position will cover the subject field, but again,
the T-85mm zoom position will give you the
fastest recycle time or the greatest distance.     USING BOUNCE
You can, of course, use the T-85mm position       Particularly in portraits,  it is often preferable
for special effects with a wider angle lens so        to soften the shadows by using bounce flash,
that only the centre of the picture field  is         wherein the subject  is illuminated bf bounc-
adequately illuminated. Or it may be that            ing the  f lash from the ceiling.

Apart from special effects, use the bounce at    CLOSE.UPS
45 or 60 degrees to avoid having too much        For distances closer than 6 feet (2 M), even
light scattered back upsetting automatic         though theT22*36 has one of the lowest pro-
operation. Just rotate the head (23) until                    f iles of its kind, the height of the flashgun
the desired  f igure on the bounce scale (7) is       above the camera can cause the lower part of
indicated by the pointer (8).                     the subject to be under illuminated.
Remember that the extra path length of the     To overcome this you may depress the
f lash to the subiect together with the scatter-     bounce head (23) 5" below the horizontal. Do
ing of light at the ceiling surface will drastical-     this by sliding the macro latch (9) to the
ly reduce the distance over which automatic       right while depressing the head.
control can operate. By all means zoom out      Always remember to restore the head to the
to the T position to increase the distance,        normal (0') when you've completed your
since ceiling scatter will diffuse the narrow        close-up shots so all is in readiness for normal
beam into acceptable coverage with wider          flash photograph. Just lift the head and the
angle lenses. Also try a test  f lash with the          latch (9) will slide out of the way automati-
Auto-Check  circuit.                                      cally.


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  The macro latch functions as a stop at 0"         module upwards while depressing the catch
  to prevent accidental use of the depressed          (13) with a ball point pen. Once loosened,
  head.                                                    pull the module straight out.

  CHANGING THE MODULE
  Normally you will never need to remove the
  module once it is installed. However  if you
  change your camera you may elect to keep
  such a good flash-gun as the T22*36 and
   purchase only on IFS module to suit your
  new camera.
   Figures 5 & 6 show how the module is remov-
   ed. Grip the module between index f inger and
  thumb with the palm and the remaining
   fingers gripping the flashgun proper. Push the


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THE USE OF COLOUR FILTERS
The colour  f ilters supplied with the TZ 2jgi             Flashgun used asmay be used for special lighting effects. They     F ilter                       Flashgun used as                                                                               fill-in or secondarysimply clip over the front of the main flash    Colour   light                   sole or main light(13). Since the Auto Sensor (11), which con-
trols automatac exposure, is colour sensitive,
it will not give correct exposure with coloured    Green         o          Plus(F/NO)1 stoplight. The flashgun must therefore be used in
the manual mode when using the flashgun
filters.                                     Red                                                             Plus 1 stop       Plusl to2stopsExposure must be increased according to the     Blue
colour used.





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