Brendan. Have I ever told you that I love you? Thank you very much for this effort to save my ass. If it gets burned, it will definately not be because of you.
Tim Typo Mostly Harmless ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan MacRae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 2:40 AM Subject: Re: Wireless with K10D, for a flash novice (Kind of urgent) As far as the setup goes, it sounds do-able. Definitely bounce the flashes if you can. Just make sure the cieling isn't to high...shoot a few frames to test. I normally shot in AV mode when shooting with wirleless flashes. The 540 is really simple to trigger wirelessly. Set the flash mode on the K10D from the fn menu to wireless. Also make sure that the mode in the Custom Settings menu is set to have the built-in flash set as master or controller. In Controller mode, the one I use most often, you're not getting a full burst from the camera. It will fire only to trigger the other flashes (in slave mode, which is what you've figured out already; the middle position of the on/off switch on the 540). If you need the built in camera flash to be the main flash (to illuminate the end of the table closest to you, for instance) set the Custom Setting to Master. This will still control the other flashes since they are set to slave mode. Switching back and forth to have the built-in flash fire requires going into the Custom Settings menu It's on page 6 of 6 so it takes some getting to...no good for quickly switching between modes. So, what I would do is leave the camera in Master Mode. When you get near the other flashes and therefore don't really need the extra push of the built-in flash, you can cover it up with a card or something (sometimes I put a stofen diffuser over it...it looks weird but it works) and it will still fire the other flashes without blowing out your scene. But, you can also use the camera's EV compensation for this in case your histogram shows blown out highlights. -Brendan --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Urgent question, as in need answers today. > > I'm not a much into flash shooting, so I haven't > payd much attentions when > this has been discussed earlyer. > Tomorrow I'm having an unpaid job at a family event. > We are talking long > dinner table and much people (30-40). A friend has > kindly lent me his 540 > and 360 flashes. The idea was to use them both to > make even light at the > whole table. I tried asking the kind friend, but he > hadnt used them as > wireless, so he couldnt help me much. > > The manual is cryptic to me, too many terms I don't > relate to. I guess I > could figure it out if I had the time, but I > haven't. > > I have managed figure out a setup where I use the > onboard flash to trigger > the other two as slaves. So now I think I'll set up > one flash at each end of > the table, and direct them up in the roof. Just let > them stand there and > look after themself while I wonder about and shoot > what I want. Does this > sound like a good idea, or is there better > alternatives for a flash novice? > > Slave mode I understand, and I have a rough idea of > Master mode too. But > Controll mode I don't get. Can somebody fill me in > without S&M using > referanses? (that leaves Cotty and Mike and a lot of > others out of this > conversation) > > Tim Typo > Mostly Harmless > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/799 - Release Date: 11.05.2007 17:08 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
