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Your slave flash is not fully recharging before firing at the appropriate time and you're seeing the ambient light. Here's how it works; when your slave is set to a lower output it's actually firing twice because it's 'seeing' the 'pre-flash' from your camera and firing on the 'pre-flash' and the actual flash from your camera. When you crank up the juice ...

So, you're right: you're foiled because the Lumix FZ18 isn't an interchangeable lens camera. The adapter you link for is for Panasonic's Micro-Four thirds cameras, like the Lumix GF1, which do use interchangeable lenses. It kind of confusing for Panasonic to use the same branding for both those cameras and their attached-lens models, but there it is. The ...

You guys are on the right track. Here's what's happening in each picture: Slave flash off. Your camera fires a pre-flash The camera determines how much flash power it needs for proper exposure based on how bright the return flash is. The shutter opens, and the camera fires its flash at the power level it just determined. You get a medium-bright ...

I emailed Bristol Cameras asking the same question since they sell a non-brand battery: Your question was: I thought that Panasonic "secured" their cameras so that only panasonic batteries work. For example, the TZ7 would only recognise it if the firmware was downgraded to pre-v1.2. Can you confirm that this battery actually works in the new ...