On 1/28/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28/01/08, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The pin that locks the thing onto the camera is the part that should be made > >shearable, if they want to prevent damage. The part that Paul was having > >trouble with can only be made of plastic for cost cutting reasons, and to > >give their repair people something to do. > > I don't understand why you need a locking pin? > > On the flash units I've used (admittedly Canon) they just have a ring > that tightens down onto the hotshoe to keep it in place. I don't > remember what mechanism the Pentax flash I used to own had. hell i can't > remember the name of the flash, the one I adapted to fire in high > ambient light on the LX.... Oh brother, brain cells depleting rapidly now.... > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty >
The screw-down rings suck compared to the flip-switch lock locks Nikon and Pentax use on their modern flashes. Much easier & quicker to take on and off, they don't get over-tightened as easily and they also lock the flash on more securely. I've owned Canon and Nikon flashes with the screw-down locks, and quickly gave up on using them. Frankly I've seen more screw-down flashes stuck on bodies than the pin-lock ones. -Adam -- 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.
