Yeah, it's the fifth pin not disengaging. I would first make sure that the flash is pushed all the way into the shoe to center the pin (hopefully it isn't bent by now). Next, try holding the camera/flash upside down and rapping it by the shoe lightly in the (with the flash in the unlocked position), this may free the pin and allow you to remove the flash.
-Brendan --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Yes, it's true. I mounted the 540 flash on the > K10D this afternoon in > > an effort to shoot some birdies, and now it won't > come off. I tried a > > little bit of WD40 ( a light lubricant), lots of > tugging and pulling. > > I'm guessing that a screw has come loose on the > hot shoe and is > > locking it in place. Any ideas? I'm thinking I'm > going to have to > > send camera and flash to Pentax. A pisser. > > Paul > > > When you twist the lock ring a little pin extends > from the flash into > the shoe. It really sounds like the pin isn't > retracting. Try playing > with the lock ring. If the pin has broken loose, > you might be able to > get it to retract by holding the camera upside down > and wiggling the flash. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
