Rats!! I was certain that I had either been told about or read about the settings before I got my 540.
Anyway, I just tried and like you say the poor 360 does nothing.
Sorry about that.

Look up Auto Power Off Function in the manual.
I believe the 360 manual also states this, but the 540 manual is much more clearly written.

1. Slide the setting switch Up

2. Press the LIGHT button for 2 seconds.
SL 1 or SL2 will be displayed.

3. Press the MODE button

4. Press the Selecte button (S) the number of times required to select PH 1 or PH2
PH1: Enables auto power off function.
PH2: Disables auto power off function.

Note, the flash will never auto power down in this mode.

I also believe if you have the wired remote, the flash will auto power on, as if you hit the shutter button/
Sadly, the IR remote will not wake the camera and therefore not affect the flash.

Nice.
Being used to only high ISo/low light situations, it is surprising how good high ISO can look with sufficient light. It would be interesting to compare with lower ISO.

Although on the first I'd probably crop in a bit closer and get rid of the out of focus leaf at the bottom. The leaf behind the top of the flower is awfully bright and conflicts for attention with the red. Probably try to darken down.

For the second, a reflector might help to brighten up the shadows, or use photoshop to brighten them up a bit.

Otherwise I like them.

As the old story goes, a guy walks into a doctors office and says "doc, my arm hurts when I move it this way." Doctor replies "Well then, don't do that".

If it is working under Win7, why run it under XP mode?
I assume you mean compatibility mode. But still why fix it if it ain't broken.

If you mean simply that you have Virtual PC running on your Win7 and that XP is running within the Virtual Box, I have heard of issues with VirtualPC v.s. USB devices. Can't recall anything specific, but Google for that and you may find how to fix it, or perhaps that you should just go to VMWare or other solution.

Still, in the end, I have to ask why -- if it works under the native Win7 to begin with.

He, he, the story of amoringello v.s. Elinchrom continues...

The box arrived today with my repaired Skyport receiver.
Sadly, they forgot to include the Transmitter!!!

I've been dealing directly with the Director of Customer Service on this one, and she was personally overseeing that the equipment was handled properly. She apparently did not do a very good job!

I really cannot believe the poor service I'm getting from what should be a top-notch company.

Dunno what to say... I had what I felt was a concrete reproducible example where SR seemed to cause shake in the image while on a tripod. (performed the test a few times in the field, but not very scientific)

Anyway, I just did tests from .5 sec through 15 seconds with SR on/off. No discernible difference in any of the images could be noted. I just did this with both the K10D and the K7.
With SR On, I tried both before the SR hand symbol was lit and after the symbol was lit. Still no difference regardless of SR being locked on.

Unless there is a bug or some other factor that might affect how SR behaves, I have to now agree that simply being on a tripod should not require SR to be turned off.

FYI, set up:
Page of black text on white paper taped to the wall.
Camera on a tripod
Corded remote.

Nope, went down again. Aperture 3 is crap. ARGH!!

Looked great. Tried Aperture 2 a few weeks ago and was missing some features I got used to in LightRoom2. (more localized edits). But Aperture seemed to be sooo much faster with large catalogs/libraries! And noise reduction looks much better. I am hoping Aperture 3 is worth the price to switch over.

Tried Aperture 3 this afternoon... first two attempts to import my photos caused an abort.
So far attempt #3 has been going five minutes... it needs to run pretty much through the night, so my fingers are crossed with this version! (actually working off backup folder this time. I think Aperture might have problems with LightRoom XMP files. (only significant difference between the two folders).

Anyway, I'm really hoping to dump LightRoom. It is sooo slow. LR3 should be faster but if its core functionality is still based on their scripting language, there is no much that can be improved in that respect.

STAY AWAY FROM ELINCHROM

He, he, he,
Well, Elinchrom would not accept the store owner's explanation that the warranty was good for two years.
Elinchom wanted HIM to FAX them the page from their own manual that states the warranty is in fact for two years. These creeps could not even look up their own literature!!

OK he sent them the fax of their own paperwork and a A few days later I got my Skyports back.

Now, the receiver will not even power on. I charged it for a few hours until the charge light turned off.
Still will not work.

So Elinchrom sent me a unit in WORSE shape than when it went out!


STAY AWAY FROM ELINCHROM

If it is lens flare, the light will generally show as a reflection in the inverted/backwards location -- as if you flipped the image over a line drawn from one corner to the other. i.e... say a bright spot light is in the upper left, the lens flare will be in the lower right. If they dots match up in this method, you can pretty much bet it is just lens flare.

Not much you can do with some lenses. Try to change your viewing angle if possible. Block out the light, etc... I was pretty disappointed with the DA* 50-135 in that most any bright light will cause a significant doppleganger hanging around regardless of how close or far from center they might be. Makes photos of a city skyline ,for example, a complete waste of time.