Gossen Sixtomat flash User Manual

Operating Instructions

SIXTOMAT

15007 • 1/5.98

FUNCTION

M

SIXTOMAT flash

Adjustable
diffuser

Socket to
connect the
synchronizin g cable

Display

Measuring
button M

Buttons
to adjust
the values

Buttons to select
the requi r ed
function

Made in Germany

SIZE AA LR6 1,5 Volts

Battery
compartment
cover

Battery
compartment

Eyelet for
carrying strap

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Contents

1 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 The display and its elements . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Display duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 How the SIXTOMAT flash functions . 6

2.1 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 Incide nt an d reflecte d lig ht

measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 The individual functions . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.1 Setting the film speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.2 Measuring fun c tio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.2.1 Flash readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.2.2 Multiple flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.3 Measurements outside t he

measuring range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.3.1 Display outside the display range . . . 14

3.4 Settin g an d me as ur i ng

correction values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.4.1 Setting correc ti on value s . . . . . . . . . 15

3.4.2 Measuring correction values . . . . . . 16

3.4.3 Cancelling correction values . . . . . . 17

3.4.4 Important remarks concerning

correction values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4 Service remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2.3 Shutter priority mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.2.4 Contrast measurement . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.2.5 Aperture priority mode . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.2.6 Exposure value EV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3.2.7 CINE scale (frames per second) . . . . 13

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Your SIX TOMAT f lash is an e xposu re met er wi th
digital display from GOSSEN. It measures conti­nuous li ght and flash, and it covers a wide
measuring range with great accuracy.

A wealt h of knowledge in t he area of light mete­ring, based on many decades of experience in
the manufacture of exposure meters, is now
being made available to the user, in the simplest
manner possible, through microprocessor tech­nology.

As a result of its precise calibration, the
SIXTOMAT flash measures with the greatest ac­curacy, and operation is exceptionally simple
and convenient.

Features characterising the SIXTOMAT flash:
– Measures incident and reflected light,

flash (w ith cord or cord less) and the level of
ambient light

– Microprocessor contr olled
– Digital LCD display in tenth stops
– Analog contrast display in half stops
– Storage of settings and readings
– Programmable exposure correction
– Recall of all possible shutter speed /aperture

combinations of a given reading

– Aperture or shutter priority preselecti on
– Extremely convenient to measure flash
– Covers the entire CINE scale

(frames per second), including the
TV standard 25 and 30f.p. s .

– Warning when range is exceeded
– Automatic battery check
– Auto off

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1Display

1.1 The display and its elements

34

1

2

3 Display identification for aperture
4 Display identification for

exposure value (LW)

f

EV

5 Analog aperture scale
6 Left-hand digital display

– Aperture
– Exposur e va lue

f

EV

– Correction valu e sto ps
– Multiple flash

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 Functions

– Flash measurement
– Continuous light measurement

with s h utter priority

– Continuous light measurement

with aperture priority

– Continuous light measurement

with read-out of exposure values (EV)

– Entering the correction values
– Setting the fil m speed

2 Digital display of film speed DIN/ASA (ISO)

– Film speed in DIN
7 Display identification for exposure time
8 Warning sign for battery check

t

BAT

9 Display identification „/“ for fractions

of a second
10 Right-hand digital display

– Exposure time

t

– Exposure extens io n fac tor

– CINE (frames per second); symbol:

– Film speed in ASA

11 Unit symbol m = minutes
12 Unit symbol s = seco nds

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1.2 Display duration

The display is automatically shut off, i.e. there
are no readings, if any control button of the
SIXTOMAT flash has not been used for 2 minu­tes; the r eadin gs are stored.

– The stored values ar e recalled by depressing

the function or value buttons

– Renewed measurement is instantly possible

when the metering button is depr essed.

2 How the SIXTOMAT flash functions

2.1 Preparations
Battery

The SIXTOMAT flash operates with a 1,5 V
AA-ty pe batter y (alkaline-manganese battery).
Since the meter’s power consum ption i s minim al,
the battery will last for a long time. When the bat­tery’s capacity becomes exhausted, the
symbol ap pears on the disp lay as a warnin g that

BAT

the battery has to be replaced at the earliest pos-

The values of the last meter reading are stored
until a new meter re ad in g is take n.

The SIXTOMAT flash is fitted with separate me­mories for continuous light an d flash measure­ment.

sible op po rtunity .
Measurements c ease to be possib le if the dis-

play only indicates . The battery must be im-

BAT

mediately replaced.
To change the battery open the battery comp-

partment of the SIXTOMAT flash. Remove the
exhausted battery and insert the new one. Ensu­re correct polarity „+“ and „–“! Push back the ba t­tery compartment cover. Battery changing
erases all stored values.

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