Paul, I don't have time to go through all the posts on this, so perhaps you already know what follows.
This is a well-known fault, and discussions of it can be found at dpreview. Dpreview's search function is nearly useless when it works, and often it doesn't. But there is a way to use Google to search within dpreview. Or you could register there and post your question. Someone will direct you to the thread you need. In short, a little pin gets stuck and won't retract. You may need to undo some screws on the bottom of the flash to get at the locking mechanism. It's not too difficult. Many have done it. Ahh...just found this: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=24612047 But somewhere there's another thread that actually has photos of the pin. Funny thing is, the 360 has the same locking mechanism but all or nearly all complaints are about the 540. Since these have good friction without the locking pin the best solution (once you have yours off) is not to lock the flash down. Joe -- 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.
