Hello, I hope you can help me with this quandry, which may have an obvious answer for some (if so, excuse the stupid question): I am using a Pz-1p with a Promaster FTD 7000M flash as a slave unit (triggered by the built-in flash). The camera manual says that exposure compensation can be set with either the built-in unit or a mounted one. How To Install Windows 7 On Le1600.

But it says nothing about how a slave strobe is handled. If I set a fill-flash compensation (-1, say), will this command the built-in flash, or will it be commmunicated to the slave as well?

On this model, the slave operates independently. There is no control of it from the camera. It is set off by its sensor reacting to another flash's light source. It is best with that set-up, which I have also used, to take exposure readings with a flash light meter to determine the best aperture setting. Windows 7 64 Bit Iso Torrent. Two other film bodies that do offer wireless slave control from the camera are the ZX-L (MZ-6) and MZ-S. In that case, you must also purchase the latest Pentax dedicated flash models with the wireless features.

Your slave would be optical (or RF) but it doesn't matter. Slaves with any non P-TTL flash do not get communication from the controller/master flash wirelessly.

So you need to set you flash to manual and adjust the output power and determine the ratio of light from each flash. The compensation on the PZ-1P works on TTL flashes mounted on the camera or tethered with a TTL cord. It also works with the RTF. For what it's worth, for most of my flash work (and flash work is a weakness for me, which I am building on, so take all this with a grain of salt) I use wireless RF activation and manual flash manual metering. This is despite the fact I have 2 P-TTL units and the K10D/ist D can act as controllers. Simply put for studio or sports type work the P-TTL isn't consistent enough. The results can vary shot to shot.

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I prefer to set the units manual for consistent results. And for sports/action P-TTL eats flash power. I usually can use my flashes at 1/2 or 1/4 power in manual and get multiple shots per charge cycle. P-TTL yields 1 shot/5 seconds or so. I would love if Pentax would offer a alternative battery grip in the next model (K5D perhaps) with a built in RF wireless controller. Since the battery grip is purely optional they could charge a bit for the grip, but the integrated RF would be an amazing innovation. Essentially a Pocket wizard in the grip with no loose transmitters or cables.