Paul, The 4 screws that hold the male shoe onto the bottom of the flash are sized Phillips #0. If you can find a 1/4 inch ratchet wrench, a 6 inch extension rod, and a #0 Phillips head socket, you can get the bottom off and release the pin. Sears used to carry that stuff... Regards, Bob S.
On Jan 27, 2008 3:20 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. > -- 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.
