My AF500 FTZ tends to do funky things when the the batteries are low. It gets into a cycle where it constantly zooms in or out until the power is switched off or it zooms, stops but the drive motor keeps running. Either way the problem disappears when the batteries are changed.
BTW I want that flash :-) Dave On 8/2/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No misery. The flash works great. But I use it quite a bit and some > buildup of residue on the contacts is to be expected. In truth, it > appears to be more on the camera than the flash. The erratic behavior > on low batteries is only with high-speed synch, a function that neither > of those flashes named below includes. > Paul > On Aug 2, 2005, at 5:27 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > > On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > >> clean contacts. If they're not perfectly clean on both camera and > >> flash, I have problems. Two is well charged batteries. When they get > >> low, the flash will behave erratically before it stops cycling. But > >> with a good set of batteries and clean contacts, the unit performs > >> beautifully. > > > > Come on Pentax, get your act together and put these guys out of their > > misery. > > > > Kostas (never had any problems with the AF500FTZ, nor with the > > AF330FTZ) > > > >
