RE: AF280T Flash Question

2005-12-31 Thread Don Sanderson
3 things I can think of: 1.) You had a bad battery in the first set, it shorted internally when it got warm and continued to discharge. 2.) The capacitor in the flash shorted internally when it got warm and wouldn't charge. When allowed to cool it started acting normalally again. 3.) The flash trig

Re: AF280T Flash Question

2005-12-31 Thread Bob Sullivan
The AF280 is a pretty robust flash unit. I would do as Don suggests and fire the unit 10 times or so by hand to see what happens. I also think the PZ-1 is pretty robust and will not be destroyed by any faults in the AF280. When I have not used the AF280 for months, I do notice an initial slownes

RE: AF280T Flash Question

2005-12-31 Thread Lewis Matthew
From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: Subject: RE: AF280T Flash Question Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:05:35 -0600 3 things I can think of: 1.) You had a bad battery in the first set, it shorted internally when it got warm and continued