Thanks Bob. Can you tell if there's any way to even touch the pin when the flash is on the camera? I can't see it. Paul
On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Paul, > > I took a close look at the flash. > The pin arrangement looks like a 5 spot on a dice cube. > v v > v > v p > The locking pin is the front right spot on the mounted flash foot. > > The pin is entirely spring loaded, ie. rolled into the locked > position, > the pin sticks out but can be pushed flat and flush to the flash > bottom. > (If you loaded the flash onto an old flash shoe without the locking > hole, > the lock can be worked, but the pin won't go down and engage.) > The pin is loaded onto the end of a weak spring that pushes it down. > > As for retracting the pin, it seems like the top of the pin has a lip > riding on the locking mechanism. I can't hold the pin "OUT" when I > swing the locking bar around toward un-FIX. By the time the locking > ear points to the back of the camera, the pin is up. > > Still it's strange. I can't imagine that the leverage of the Fix > thingie > will not put the pin out or straighten it out. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > On Jan 27, 2008 4:27 PM, Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Paul, >> >> I just noticed something, ignore my last post! >> >> There's a pin rides on the top of the lock if you look >> at the front of the flash. That is part of the >> mechanism for the locking pin. With the flash in the >> locked position, use a small flat bladed screwdriver >> to lift this pin up and that should free the locking >> pin (as long as it's not bent). >> >> -Brendan >> >> --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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. -- 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.
