OK, from the back of the camera... Pin pattern is p v v v v
My error, the pin is in the front left seen from behind. Obviously, the cowling on the K10D front precludes access to that part of the shoe. The good news is that the hole is oversized. The pin OD is probably 75% of the hole OD. So there is some wiggle room for it. When mounted, my FIX lever moves to the right - about 3:30 on the clock face when looking down from the top. When unlocked, the lever moves over to about 7:30. The locking ring rides up and closes the gap with the flash body above, and opens a gap with the shoe below. Hope this helps. Bob S. On Jan 27, 2008 8:15 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't see it. With the flash in the locked position, I see only black > plastic above the locking collar at the front of the flash. Ditto > below it as well. Banging on the housing and working the lever have > had no effect. > Paul > > On Jan 27, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > Paul, > > > > I just noticed something, ignore my last post! > > > > There's a pin rides on the top of the lock if you look > > at the front of the flash. That is part of the > > mechanism for the locking pin. With the flash in the > > locked position, use a small flat bladed screwdriver > > to lift this pin up and that should free the locking > > pin (as long as it's not bent). > > > > -Brendan > > --- 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
