Thanks Bob. Seems like I'm screwed. Package to Pentax. Paul On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:39 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
