On Sep 24, 2012, at 3:21 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Christine, > > Did you take the battery (or batteries if you use the grip) out during > troubleshooting or at home before testing the camera again? > Nope. Just turned it off & on again... once during troubleshooting. Then off for about 20 minutes until I tried again at home.
-c > > From: Bruce Walker >> I love the shot. >> >> Can't help specifically with the system glitch, but I wonder if >> there's any chance the flash was the problem. The camera might be >> waiting for signals from the P-TTL logic. Sometimes it helps the >> wireless stuff if you add a reflector of some sort (eg tinfoil) to the >> popup head to get more light over at the remote 540. I have even had >> success holding my hand at an angle near the popup. >> >> Honestly, I've just switched to using cheap radio triggers for remote >> flash. All my random flash failures went away. >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> >> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Here's a head-scratcher: >>> >>> Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out >>> to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the >>> occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on >>> a stand & softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. >>> All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera >>> stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of >>> light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), >>> but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try >>> again, but nothing. I tried the following: >>> >>> - turning the whole thing off & on again >>> - turning off the focus assist light >>> - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority >>> - using manual focus >>> - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode >>> - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO >>> >>> None of these got the shutter to fire. >>> >>> We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I >>> tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I >>> didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole >>> shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, >>> I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing >>> something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? >>> >>> Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking >>> as bad as he is able... >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ >>> >>> Thanks in advance-- >>> :) > > > -- > 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.
