2x Flashgun lighting AF360FGZ
If you're using manual mode the AF540 is twice as strong so if you set it half of what the 360 is set to it should give you the same flash output.
Stefan

K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ



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P-TTL is automatic mode the same as Av basically on your camera.
Av use EV composition the same way as with P-TTL for flash.
Manual mode does not give you more power, the same as you don't get a wider aperture when you use the camera in manual mode but you do have more control over it.
If you plan on using manual for your flash then I wouldn't buy an AF540 flash but I would get a cheap secondhand flash or a yungyou / lumopro or something like that, they don't have P-TTL only just manual mode but if that's all you use.
If you go that route it's best to get some cheap wireless triggers like the Cactus v4, with those you can even use Nikon or Canon flashes without a problem.
Stefan

K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ

Please if there is a link on the kit you mentioned I will be glad to have a look
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If you want to keep using the P-TTL then you will need one of these flash link
If you're happy just to use manual flash mode then you can buy basicly every secondhand Pentax, Nikon or Canon flash.
The lumopro and the Yong Nuo are very cheap new flashes, you can find the Yong Yue YN460II on Ebay the Lumopro LP120 or LP160 are a bit harder to find but this are their websites.
http://www.lumopro.com/LP120.html http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?productid=17379&cat=256&page=2
And I advice you to use trigers with those, cactus v4 set cost you only €40
Stefan

K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ

I will go for the P-TTL mode get another AF360 secondhand that way its uniformed .
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learn to use one, and adding a second comes real easy!



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Also any P-TTL flash should give you uniformity regardless the flash power it has because the metering is done with the camera, it simply means a more powerful flash has more scope.
Stefan

K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ


The maximum reliable distance of the Pentax wireless system is about 4 metres from wireless controller to slave. Radio triggers (Cactus V4) allow for a much greater range.
You can also use some of the Metz flashes which are compatible with the Pentax wireless system.
If you were to go the totally manual route, all you need is a flash of the power output you need and has an optical (dumb) slave setting. To control all your flashes in manual by wireless, you put a cheap non-p-ttl flash on the camera that has a tilt-able head, and point it at the ceiling to avoid it contributing very much light to the scene. Set your other AF360FGZ's to dumb slave mode and practice.
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As Mannesty says, you can either use the wireless (light) triggered flash gun approach, or use the simple "dumb" approach. The Pentax and Samsung flashes support both approaches.
If you have a subject that tends to blink on the preflash then use the "dumb" approach (or the Cactus triggers) as you'll get a single flash.
(Start with one flashgun and reflectors, and add a second or third as you get comfortable with the techniques)
...Oh yes, and lots of practice!

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