dpreview has lots of these stories in the forums. The locking pin is stuck and some plastic part has snapped inside the flash. From what I understand it's possible to remove 4 screws on the flash and remove the broken plastic part. Better search the dpreview forums how to do this.
On Jan 27, 2008 10:20 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it's true. I mounted the 540 flash on the K10D this afternoon in > an effort to shoot some birdies, and now it won't come off. I tried a > little bit of WD40 ( a light lubricant), lots of tugging and pulling. > I'm guessing that a screw has come loose on the hot shoe and is > locking it in place. Any ideas? I'm thinking I'm going to have to > send camera and flash to Pentax. A pisser. > Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Toine http://www.repiuk.nl -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
