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heMacroLitescastshadowsfromthecamera
andlensontothesubjectduringclose-up(macro)
photographytofacilitateshootingandimprovethe
endresult.Theyarenotdesignedtoshinesufcient
lightonsubjectswhenshootingindarklocations.
Morebatterypowerisconsumedwhenthe
MacroLitesareinusethanwhentheyare
notinuse,whichwillreducethenumberof
photographsthatcanbetakenandtheamount
oftimethatvideoscanbelmed.
TheilluminationstatusoftheMacroLiteswillbe
savediftheyhaveturnedoffautomaticallyafter
30secondshaselapsed.PresstheMacroLite
ONbuttontoreactivatethem.Thiswillcausethe
MacroLitestobeilluminatedatthesamelevel
asbeforetheywereextinguished.
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heilluminationstatuswillnotbesavedifthecamera
isturnedoffandtheMacroLitesextinguished.
TherearecasesinwhichtheMacroLiteswillbe
extinguishedwhenthecamera’spower-saving
function(AutoPowerOff)turnsoffthepower,
evenwhentheyareilluminated.Whenthis
occurs,theilluminationstatuswillnotbesaved.
Dependingonthecameraused,therearetimes
whentheMacroLiteswillnotilluminateeven
afterpressingtheMacroLiteONbuttonduring
AutoPowerOff.
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herearecasesinwhichtheMacroLiteswillbe
extinguishedforshortperiodsoftimeduringoperations
andwhenilluminatedifimagereplay,menudisplay,
movie/stillimageswitchingandothercamerasettings
areamended.Theilluminationstatuswillnotbesaved
inthiscase.ChecktheilluminationstatusoftheMacro
Litesimmediatelypriortotakingphotographs.
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fAForMFisselectedusingthefocusmodeswitch
whiletheMacroLitesareilluminated,theMacroLites
mayturnoffforashortperiodoftime.Theillumination
statusoftheMacroLiteswillbesavedinthiscase.
TherearecasesinwhichtheMacroLiteswillnot
beilluminatedforseveralsecondsafterthelens
hasbeenattachedtothecamera.
InordertoilluminatetheMacroLites
continuouslyduringintervalshooting,setthe
shootingintervalwithin30seconds.
InordertoilluminatetheMacroLites
continuouslyduringtime-lapseshooting,setthe
shootingintervalwithin10seconds.
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fterpressingtheshutterbuttonhalfway,don’t
changetheMacroLitestatuswhenshooting.
Sincepressingtheshutterbuttonhalfwaylocksthe
exposure*,itmaynotbepossibletoshootinstandard
exposureiftheMacroLitestatushaschanged.
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heMacroLiteswillbeconcealedwhenthehood
isattached,sodon’tforgettoswitchthemoff.
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Differsaccordingtothecamera’sphotometryandAFsettings.
Fordetails,pleasecheckyourcamera’sinstructionmanual.