Right, sounds identical to mine. On the up side, Pentax may soon have the experience to do a quick fix.
Jack --- John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Jack Davis > > My AF540 is now at Pentax CO. being 'repaired' due to my having had > the > > same sort of experience. I mentioned this previously (a couple > times), > > but I discussed the problem with a Pentax tech who told me it > should be > > sent in for repair. > > I shipped the manual with the flash, so can't check, but it may be > that > > if the diffusion panel is pulled down, it will not recognize the > > lens.(?) > > > > Jack > > --- John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > recently purchased the K-10D. My workhorse lens, purchased several > > years ago along with a PZ-1P is a Tokina AT-X 287 PRO f/2.8 28-70 > mm > > zoom. I used an AF-500FTZ flash with the PZ-1P. > > > > So I bought the AF-540FGZ. > > As far as that goes, the manual is very difficult to understand on > that > page, but I finally figured it out in baby steps. The flash is > definately defective. > > It won't switch from autozoom to manual (or now between any of the > manual zoom levels or back into autozoom). > The sync mode switch has no effect. It stays in front curtain sync, > no > matter what position you place the sync mode switch in. There's no > TTL > mode, only PTTL, A, M, and SB. > > Verified on K-10D, *ist-D and PZ-1P. > > It just ain't working like it's supposed to. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
