Rob Studdert wrote:
>I haven't begun to delve into the wireless flash area as yet but after reading
>your paragraph above I have a question. Is the IR flash trigger a generated by
>the MZ-S body?
>
Actually it's neither IR nor a radio signal that communicates between
the MZ-S body and the remote AF360 flash. It is the built-in flash that
communicates this. The following directly from the manual; page 37.
The following transfer of information is done with the built-in flash
when the AF360FGZ is used wirelessly before emitting the flash.
1) Shutter button is pressed
2) The built-in flash emits a small control flash (relays the flash mode
of the camera)
3) External flash emits a small control flash (relays conformation of
subject)
4) The built-in flash emits a small control flash (relays flash amount
to external flash)
*The built-in flash will emit a small control flash one more time
after this to relay the flash time when HS (High-speed sync) is set.
5) External flash and built-in flash emit main flash
You can also have the built in flash not fire as part of the main flash
as one of the PF choices. And, I might mention, all this happens so
fast is appears to be only one flash. Even when the AF360FGZ is mounted
in the hot shoe, there is a pre-flash that uses the TTL multi-point
exposure meter to make a reading and that is why the flash exposure is
so good. However, as I have said before, you can actually see the flash
in your viewfinder, which normally is not the case as the mirror is up
during exposure and the main flash. And my only criticism is that
people who are prone to blink at a flash, do so during the pre-flashes
and the main flash/exposure catches them with their eyes closed.
Cheers, Mike.
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