On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, David Savage wrote: > On 12/12/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, David Savage wrote: >> >>> On 12/12/06, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I've never used P-TTL so please be kind to me and forgive my ignorance >>>> on the subject. >>>> >>>> The literature seems to suggest that to do wireless P-TTL you need a >>>> flash unit acting as a controller and a slave unit to provide the >>>> illumination. Does this mean that the controller does not / can not >>>> be setup to provide some of the illumination ? >>> >>> Yes. >>> >>> As an example with the *istD using the on board flash as the >>> controller, I've taken shots before the slave unit (AF-540 FGZ) had >>> charged and all I ended up with was a black frame. >> >> I can't be arsed to check the digis/FGZ flashes manual because I have >> neither, but in the MZ-S you set function 10 as required and the >> built-in flash may affect the exposure. IOW, you may want to check the >> manuals. > > OK I just checked. I was wrong. It does use both on board flash & > accessory flash when the hot shoe mounted unit is set to Contrast > Control Sync.
I thought we were talking wireless. > The problem with using the on board flash of the D in conjunction with > the AF-540 FGZ is that the flash won't fully pop up if 540's mount > clamp is tightened. It mentions this elsewhere and recommends using > the hot shoe adapter FG. Ah, the FG won't let you mount a flash on it; just a cable to go to the flash (which you would have to put on a bracket or hold or sth). Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
