On Dec 24, 2012, at 12:43 , Larry Colen wrote:
> On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>
>> Dude, face it: yer 540 is _broken_. As in: not up to spec. Ie: your
>> issue isn't a design fault.
>
> The weird thing is that I've sent it back to Pentax for repair, three times,
> IIRC, at
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 2:57 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>
> I have experienced the problem others have reported with it going back
> into default PTTL mode whenever it goes to sleep. I tried the suggestion
> that was supposed to keep it from going into sleep, but that has only
> been partially effect
From: Larry Colen
On Dec 23, 2012, at 6:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
Wait a minute. Are you saying the button on the side of the
AF-540FGZ is supposed to control the head swiveling?
Tilt, rather than swivel.
I should also apologize, it seems the I had a total brainfart and for
some reason wa
Sorry, should have qualified that as M645
Gerrit
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On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:14 , Steve Sharpe wrote:
Maybe. I've noticed that my old Nikon D70's pop-up flash does a far better
job than any of my mor
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On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:14 , Steve Sharpe wrote:
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> Maybe. I've noticed that my old Nikon D70'
Pentax's repair testing needs serious improvement too. :-(
In fairness, testing for intermittent faults is always dicey. In each
of my 540 repair episodes they replaced one or two boards entirely, so
any flakey operation would disappear along with the old board(s). And
200 bills would also disappe
On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:14 , Steve Sharpe wrote:
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> Maybe. I've noticed that my old Nikon D70's pop-up flash does a far better
> job than any of my more modern Pentax flashes. Flash photography is another
> one of Pentax's Achilles heels. I avoid it if possible.
>
Hell, I get more-consistent
On Dec 22, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote:
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>
> Larry, here is a marvelously cheap solution for an external Flash for
> Pentax DSLRs. I get 98% keepers on my K20D with a $ 20 Quantaray
> QB-6550U Flash Gun + a $ 10 QDA-P Flash Module (caution: do not buy
> the QDA-PAF module).
I have a co
On Dec 23, 2012, at 6:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>>
>
> Wait a minute. Are you saying the button on the side of the AF-540FGZ is
> supposed to control the head swiveling?
Tilt, rather than swivel.
I should also apologize, it seems the I had a total brainfart and for some
reason was rememberi
On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> Dude, face it: yer 540 is _broken_. As in: not up to spec. Ie: your
> issue isn't a design fault.
The weird thing is that I've sent it back to Pentax for repair, three times,
IIRC, at least twice. Mentioned the issue each time, and it always
From: Bruce Walker
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Igor Roshchin
[...]
2. The one I had also came with the defective tilt control:
Sometimes It was hard to get it out of thelooking forward position, -
because the button on the side was stuck and not releasing the
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: Igor Roshchin
>>
[...]
>> 2. The one I had also came with the defective tilt control:
>> Sometimes It was hard to get it out of thelooking forward position, -
>> because the button on the side was stuck and not releasing the lock.
>
> Wa
From: Igor Roshchin
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash.
Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use
studio flash. My AF-540 won't freaking stay i
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
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> On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>> Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash.
>
> Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use
> studio flash. My AF-540 won't freaking stay in manual mod
Hi PJ, yep I still have my Leica Film SLR. But Leicas are another ball
game. And today when I have retired, my finances do not allow me to
buy a Leica digital.
Hello Bob, deep down I have a desire to own a FF DSLR. And 85% of my
lenses are FF compatible. Reason why I have skipped the
K-5/K-5s/K-5I
Dude, face it: yer 540 is _broken_. As in: not up to spec. Ie: your
issue isn't a design fault.
I'm not the only one on this list who has an AF540 or two that work
100% consistently in manual mode. My two are absolute workhorses. I
have fired both of them, in manual, both at full power, constantly
On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash.
Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use studio
flash. My AF-540 won't freaking stay in manual mode for any predictable amount
of time. And yes I've set all the
Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash.
On 12/22/2012 11:14 AM, Steve Sharpe wrote:
At 10:33 AM -0500 12/22/12, Bipin Gupta wrote:
Steve, I agree with you 100%, that it's more the photographer than the
equipment. Believe me, I wanted to add "that my photo composition,
indoor white b
> From: Bipin Gupta
>
> Steve, I agree with you 100%, that it's more the photographer than the
> equipment.
> But what I noticed was, the Kid was shooting in fully Auto mode -
> equivalent Green mode on Pentax - and still all his photos turned out
> crisp, clear, colorful, sharp and perfectly expo
At 10:33 AM -0500 12/22/12, Bipin Gupta wrote:
Steve, I agree with you 100%, that it's more the photographer than the
equipment. Believe me, I wanted to add "that my photo composition,
indoor white balance (no flash on new born's face), dark area clarity
and overall rendition of the scene - baby,
Steve, I agree with you 100%, that it's more the photographer than the
equipment. Believe me, I wanted to add "that my photo composition,
indoor white balance (no flash on new born's face), dark area clarity
and overall rendition of the scene - baby, mother and father - was
better than the Kid's wi
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