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. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
