Flash Range - Sony HVL-F56AM Operating Instructions Manual

Flash range

Press the shutter button partway down.
The flash range for the proper exposure is displayed on the data panel.
Make sure that the subject is within this range and then take the photo.
The range that can be displayed on the data panel is from 1.5 m to 28 m
(0.7 m to 28 m for downward bounce; see p. 27). When the distance is
beyond this range,
• The flash range is not shown when using flash bounce above and to the
left or right, with wireless flash, or when off-camera cables are used.
• When photographing beyond the lower limit of the flash range, the
photo may be over-exposed despite
of the picture may darken. Always photograph within the indicated
flash range.
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or is lit on either side of the viewfinder.
Proper exposure is obtained at less than 1.5
m.
Proper exposure is obtained from 8 m to 28
m or more.
being displayed, or the bottom