On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > You mount the flash on the camera to conveniently set the flash on P-TTL and > choose a channel. Wireless mode is done on the LCD display flash setting, and > the back of the flash by selecting "Wireless" on the "on" "off" switch. > You may be way past this, but..
That's what I thought I had done, and I tried doing it again. No luck. > > Jack > > --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: couldn't get the 540 to work as a wireless slave >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 12:12 PM >> The one thing that I'm having trouble >> with is confirming that the camera is on channel 2. >> >> I have a vague recollection of having done so when I got >> the camera, and the Pentax book only said to mount the flash >> to the camera to set the wireless mode. Bourke's book >> doesn't say anything about it. >> >> On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Larry, >>> >>> I haven't played much with the wireless flash myself. >> But >>> let me share what settings I can think about. >>> >>> I hope you did it, but just in case (I refer to K-7, >> but expect that >>> K-5 has it done very similarly): >>> You want to set the camera flash setting (dial button >> down) to >>> W-flash. >> >> Done. >>> Then you also set in the C5 Custom Setting menu - >>> Built-in Flash Discharge Method (On=Master, Off= >> control flash) >> Done >> >> Custom 3, item 21, set to 2 >> >>> Set the remote flash to the "slave" mode. >> >> Done with the MCS switch at the bottom of the flash. >> >> >>> >>> Based on you description, I think you did all that. >>> >>> >>> According to the manual, for the external flash >> directly connected >>> to the camera, "Control" means that >>> "The flash directly connected to the camera is >> discharged as a control >>> flash only and does not discharge as main flash." >>> I expect that the same applies to the built-in one. >>> Then, I think this is consistent with what you >> described, - the built-in >>> not firing when set to the "control" mode. >> >> Which is what I wanted. >> >>> >>> The 540 firing on the preflash, - that sounds like >> either it is in >>> a wrong mode or there is a problem in the >> communication between the two. >>> The manual suggests to check /set the channel on both >> units, - >>> I hope you've done that. >>> I cannot think of anything else. >>> >>>> From what I can tell, not that many actively >> writing PDMLers are using >>> flash, especially P-TTL (and hence even fewer in the >> wireless mode). >>> Jostein is one of them, and I believe he used his >> flashes in the >>> multi-flash setting, - so he might be able to help >> you. >>> >>> Good luck! >> >> John asked: >> >> Are you sure the 540 was fully charged when you tried to >> trigger it? >> >> Did you make sure it wasn't set to "Contrast Control >> Sync"? >> >> >> If you mean by fully charged, red light on, on the back, >> yes I did. >> What do you mean set to Contrast Control Sync? How is >> that set? Or checked? >> >>> >>> >>> I didn't quite like the fact that 540 wouldn't stay in >> the M mode >>> for the regular single-flash operation (very different >> from the 500). >> >> That is one of my biggest gripes with the 540. >> >> >> Dario, the on switch was set to wireless, I also tried the >> modeling light switch in both positions. >> >> John, it sounds like your experiments with the 540 echo >> mine. >> >> >>> >>> Igor >>> >>> >>> >>> Thu Mar 17 04:46:11 CDT 2011 >>> Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> Tonight, I was trying the K-5 out with flashes. >> I was mostly trying to use the pop-up and the AF540 as fill >> flash with the stage lighting. I was having an expected >> amount of difficulty, when I tried to set the pop up to >> control, rather than master, and all it would do is fire the >> 540 as preflash, but wouldn't actually fire the 540 for the >> shot. >>> >>> Except for once, right after power up. Also, >> even in slave mode, the 540, which I can never get to stay >> in M on the camera, would only go into M or A in wireless, >> and would never work as wireless P-TTL. I did RTFM, >> Page 192 of the K-5 manual If I Recall Correctly. >>> >>> I'm sure that there is something simple, that I'm >> missing, but I'm missing it. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] >> sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
