You may have intended to respond to a post by someone else, but I had no specific flash mode problem. The AF540 auto/manual zoom was inoperative regardless of mode.
Jack --- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No TTL is normal or course but no A mode is annoying IMO. And it is > designed that way (not defective on that point). > > 2007/6/4, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 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 > > > > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
