645n and AF-500ftz flash
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 15:25
It does say in the manual that the FTZ flashes should autozoom when using a FA lens. 
Just tried the 330FTZ on my 645n. Have you selected the speed dial to X? It will not autozoom on the A setting.
The manual for the 645n ia available on my website. Look at pages 62-66
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Just tried the 330FTZ on my 645n. Have you selected the speed dial to X? It will not autozoom on the A setting.
The manual for the 645n ia available on my website. Look at pages 62-66
Last Edited by Kim C on 15/12/2018 - 15:36
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 16:44
set it to X and it stayed at 35mm, since my 75mm FA is a single focal length I can manually zoom it !! my zoom lens is manual focus and won;t be using a flash with it and I did have the flash in the A zoom mode !!
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 16:49
turdboman wrote:
set it to X and it stayed at 35mm, since my 75mm FA is a single focal length I can manually zoom it !! my zoom lens is manual focus and won;t be using a flash with it and I did have the flash in the A zoom mode !!
set it to X and it stayed at 35mm, since my 75mm FA is a single focal length I can manually zoom it !! my zoom lens is manual focus and won;t be using a flash with it and I did have the flash in the A zoom mode !!
The 35mm is the setting for 35mm. In other words probably right for both the 55 and 75mm lens on the 645.
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 17:09
that doesn't sense to me but what do i know
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 17:11
while we are on the subject of the 645n , is it bad to leave the power switch on I'm worried about the switch breaking or wearing out !!
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 17:21
I wouldn't leave it on. It is designed as a "Pro" camera. The MZ series were a bit plasticky and prone to failure but I've not heard of a 645 breaking.
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 17:26
turdboman wrote:
that doesn't sense to me but what do i know
that doesn't sense to me but what do i know
On the FGZ flashes, you can set them so they display the "lens setting" for APS, 35mm FF, 645 or 6x7. The flash coverage depends on angle of view rather than focal length. As the format size increases, the angle of view of a particular focal length will effectively widen as it has to cover a bigger sensor.
So the 75mm lens on the 645 is the same angle of view as 50mm on FF and 35mm on APS. The FTZ were made before the APS camera so default to the equivalent lens on 35mm FF.
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Posted 15/12/2018 - 18:36
Thank You Kim, most helpful !! 
Last Edited by turdboman on 15/12/2018 - 18:37
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Posted 16/12/2018 - 00:08
The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
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Posted 16/12/2018 - 10:15
ilovesaabs wrote:
The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
I didn't say the Z series, I said the MZ series.
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Posted 17/12/2018 - 14:23
Kim C wrote:
I didn't say the Z series, I said the MZ series.
ilovesaabs wrote:
The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
I didn't say the Z series, I said the MZ series.
So how is the comment about the build of the MZ series in any way relevant to how an FTZ flashgun works with a 645n?
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Posted 17/12/2018 - 15:05
ilovesaabs wrote:
So how is the comment about the build of the MZ series in any way relevant to how an FTZ flashgun works with a 645n?
Kim C wrote:
I didn't say the Z series, I said the MZ series.
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The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
The 500FTZ predates the MZ-series by several years, but the 645n was a few years after... the flashes (330 and 500) came out with the Z-series cameras in 1991... nothing amateur about the Z-1
I didn't say the Z series, I said the MZ series.
So how is the comment about the build of the MZ series in any way relevant to how an FTZ flashgun works with a 645n?
It related to the other question I was asked about the on/off switch
turdboman wrote:
while we are on the subject of the 645n , is it bad to leave the power switch on I'm worried about the switch breaking or wearing out !!
while we are on the subject of the 645n , is it bad to leave the power switch on I'm worried about the switch breaking or wearing out !!
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