Paul,
You would have to go in from the back and push past the back left pin, ie.
Front
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Back
Bob
On Jan 27, 2008 8:22 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Bob.
> Can you tell if there's any way to even touch the pin when the flash
> is on the camera? I can't see it.
> Paul
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > I took a close look at the flash.
> > The pin arrangement looks like a 5 spot on a dice cube.
> > v v
> > v
> > v p
> > The locking pin is the front right spot on the mounted flash foot.
> >
> > The pin is entirely spring loaded, ie. rolled into the locked
> > position,
> > the pin sticks out but can be pushed flat and flush to the flash
> > bottom.
> > (If you loaded the flash onto an old flash shoe without the locking
> > hole,
> > the lock can be worked, but the pin won't go down and engage.)
> > The pin is loaded onto the end of a weak spring that pushes it down.
> >
> > As for retracting the pin, it seems like the top of the pin has a lip
> > riding on the locking mechanism. I can't hold the pin "OUT" when I
> > swing the locking bar around toward un-FIX. By the time the locking
> > ear points to the back of the camera, the pin is up.
> >
> > Still it's strange. I can't imagine that the leverage of the Fix
> > thingie
> > will not put the pin out or straighten it out.
> >
> > Regards, Bob S.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 27, 2008 4:27 PM, Brendan MacRae
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
> >>>
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