Oh! Now I understand. It is not the SV mode you were talking about.It was the TAV mode! I have never even tried that one before. So in TAV I set the shutter and aperature, and the camera picks the ISO to use.

I will need to try that later today when I get home!

Thank you Chris and Matt. I guess I should have the flash set to the far left on Sync were it is in a green color.

Matt- I will try what you suggested using manual, one stop under, and increasing the ISO. I think that problem I was having is that I was trying it with the ISO at 100.

Do you think using manual gives better results and/or is easier than simply setting the dial to SV and using P-TTL?

Yes, that is what I have been trying to read. It was confusing me, but I read it again. From what I am understanding you can either:

1. Set the camera to manual, spot meter for the highlights, make certain shutter is under 1/180, turn on P-TTL.

I seem to be getting this to work OK now, but I am getting extremely low shutter speeds trying it this way. Is this what to expect, or am I missing something?

or-

2. Set the auto ISO and AV, which I am not totally understanding. This must be the SV dial? Is that all you do? How do you know which ISO would be best to set it at...or do you just guess and take test shots?

It seems that the easiest thing for me to do at this event is to turn the dial to SV (if that is what I am understanding), and try different ISO's with the flash set in PTTL? If I bounce, I guess I should take a test shot and adjust to 0.5+ or 1+ with either the camera or flash if needed?

Am I understanding this correctly? If not, it will be extremely helpful if you can tell me what I am misunderstanding.

Also, I still am not clear what would determine if I wanted trailing or leading shutter? I am trying both around the house, but not making sense of it yet. This will be a large room with an unknown ceiling height and lots of people either sitting or moving around.

Thank you for any more help or verification.

I am having trouble understanding the information on here about using the AF-360FGZ.

I have an important picture taking event coming up (my aunts 100th birthday) and would like to be able to have some nice pictures.

I never use my flash. It just took me 30 min to figure out how to use it wireless again. I figured it out about a month ago, and then never used it.

I am trying to practice around the house, but I am having trouble getting lighting that seems balanced from it.

I was reading in a book to set the ISO to 800, the F stop to 5.6 or lower, and the shutter to 1/60, take a test shot and then compensate by setting the camera or flash from -2 to +1. Wouldn't the ISO create a lot of noise at 800?

I am trying trailing shutter curtain, but don't know if this is the best setting for this event, or if I should use Leading shutter curtain.

If I use manual, what are the best settings to start with?

Is it easier to use Aperature priority instead? I usually shoot in manual mode....just not with the flash!

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

I was using my K10D to take pictures of my son during a jazz concert. I thought the music was load enough so the "click" sound would not disturb anyone. After the concert, my youngest son told me that the clicking was annoying, and that others sitting close were annoyed. The manual says that there is a way to put the mirror up for cleaning of the sensor, but does not mention if there is a way to leave it up and take pictures, thus avoiding the clicking noise. Anyone have experience with this?

Thank you. I will give it another try. I had tried to set it up so it would work if you hit the F2 key, but hitting that key did not do anything...

Does anyone know how to set up actions on CS3. I tried, but it does not seem to work, so I must be missing something.

The conclusion is that the cdburnerXP works! The version of Nero I had froze up the compter. With some of the free software I tried, they did not allow drag and drop which I found to be a problem. When I used the tools they provided for acquiring the data, it would not allow me to include my raw images for some reason. Some said I needed to pay for an upgrade to carry out what I was trying to burn.

I am happy with the CDburnerXP. It allows me to drag and drop, and it burns everything I need to backup.

Thank you all very much! Now I have numerous options to try, and one of them should work!

The only software I can find on my computer from windows is CD burning softare.

I have a pretty old version of Nero, but not certain if it is compatable with XP pro. Do I dare try it?