Eureka Annie!!!! I stumbled across the way to get this sucker in the auto mode when set to TTL. End of pushing the "mode" button", select "TTL", and the "M"annual icon appears. Push the two buttons next to "RST" on the top row and voila! - it switches over to "A"auto mode and then follows the focal length of the lens being used. Can't believe I spent two days chasing this down and cannot find it written anywhere to do this. So - thanks to all who assisted with ideas. Hopefully, I can return the favor in the future.