I'm afraid this discussion has drifted somewhat off the original topic about the TLA-360. One of the recent queries was about flash exposure with the TLA-360 in mixed lighting. My recommendation was to get a simple handheld flash meter. Flash meters are simple to use. Just set the ISO, set the meter to cordless flash mode, hold the meter near the subject, pointing towards the camera, fire the flash, see the required aperture on the meter. Simple.
Spot meters, 18% grey, mid-tones, and so on are irrelevant to an incident flash meter. I am worried that the person who made the query will become very confused by the rather complex advice and warnings in the last few postings, so I take this opportunity, with all due respect to the good intentions and knowledge of the kind people made the recent postings, to try and clarify the question of flash metering.
In some situations, TTL flash metering just doesn't work well. Any handheld incident flash meter will give much more reliable results, especially when the flash is being bounced. There's nothing complex about it. Using an incident flash meter removes all the complexity of subject tone, reflectivity, etc., because we are just reading how much light from the flash is reaching the subject.
TTL flash metering sometimes fails because of the complex matters such as subject tone, subject reflectivity, subject position (off-centre)and so on. Hand-held incident flash meters are the solution. And incident flash meters are very simple. The only mistake you can make is to have the wrong ISO setting in the meter.