Flashes are a pain...
I had two AF360FGZ's and earlier this year one refused to take a charge
and the battery door on the other broke. Replaced them with a Metz 68 2
and a AF360FGZ as a backup. The Metz broke after 4 months and has been
at CRIS awaiting parts for a warranty repair for two mont
Kinda makes you want to go back to Press 25s, doesn't it? ;>/
-p
On 9/14/2015 7:17 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
It's not just your luck with flashes. I have a pair of AF280T's one of
which only works at full power, well, used to only work at full power,
after sitting on the shelf for a couple of yea
It's not just your luck with flashes. I have a pair of AF280T's one of
which only works at full power, well, used to only work at full power,
after sitting on the shelf for a couple of years, it's stopped working
entirely. It was a replacement for the same unit that was also giving
me trouble,
That's odd, because if I try to press my button JUST until I can
swivel, then it is also able to tilt.
My flash has the ability to tilt just a bit BELOW level (in addition
to swiveling up). Maybe try pressing DOWN on the tilt and seeing if
that frees anything up.
Also, since you CAN swivel, try rai
Darren Addy wrote:
Larry,
I've got the Metz 58 AF-1, but I think it is similar. If the "Press"
button seems to be stuck part way in, I would mess around with
pressing it in different ways while simultaneously slightly twisting
the horizontal bounce. You may find that the button releases (or goe
Larry,
I've got the Metz 58 AF-1, but I think it is similar. If the "Press"
button seems to be stuck part way in, I would mess around with
pressing it in different ways while simultaneously slightly twisting
the horizontal bounce. You may find that the button releases (or goes
in further). Mine see
Larry,
I feel for you.
As for the release button, - I've had a very similar problem with the
brand-new Pentax af540fgz that I had to return (several years ago).
Since that, I've been using Metz 58 AF (1), and except for some
intermittent problems with the hot shoe contact, it's been working fi
I pulled my metz 58 af-2 out of the bag a short while ago and the
release for the head swivel has broken. It points forward, and I can get
it to go a bit up, but the tilt/swivel seems to be busted. The release
button seems to be stuck part way in.
I had hardly been using it lately because I
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