In case any of you were wondering:
1. If you are using a Wansen-brand cheap radio wireless flash controller, you
may find that it works better when the sending unit on the camera and the
receiving unit on the flash are both set to the same channel.
2. More seriously, you may also find that this setup is a bit unreliable even
when channel synchronicity has been achieved, but reliability/consistency seems
to improve if you trigger a Test flash via the sending unit each time you power
up the flash. This may save you several trips through the surf out to the rock
where you have your flash balanced so as to light up the foreground boulder, as
you fiddle with connections etc.
3. If you drop your AF540 FGZ II in the lake and it lands on a partially
covered rock and the battery door pops open and the batteries fall out and
water fills the battery compartment, and if you then leave the flash with
battery door open, on the shelf in the motel room for two days, and if you then
take said flash home and pack it away, and if you then remember to check it
after a few days and install new batteries, then you will find that the flash
works just fine. While I don’t recommend following the above procedure, it is
comforting to know that the WR claim for this flash apparently has some merit.
Stay tuned next month, same time, same station, as your intrepid field
photographer and his close companion Obviousman take on the continuing
challenges of photography in the wild…
stan
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