If you're truly worried about burning up the flash in testing, and your repairman isn't sure, I'd make a quick call to a Pentax techie. Good luck in getting it repaired.
Jack --- On Mon, 11/3/08, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: DRAT! > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 4:24 PM > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > May, also, receive wireless flash info from on-board > flash. Jack --- On Mon, 11/3/08, Bob Sullivan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > From: Bob Sullivan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Subject: Re: DRAT! > >> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > >> > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 8:27 AM > >> > That's the cover for the Infared Focus > assist light. > >> > If not focusing in low light, you should be > fine. > >> > Regards, Bob S. > >> > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:50 PM, John > Sessoms > >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > > Dropped my AF-540FGZ today. Smashed > the red plastic > >> > cover over the sensors. > > So, I'm not likely to burn up the flash testing > functions without the red cover in place to make sure > nothing else broke? > > I think my local guy can get the part from Pentax, and > I'd rather use him if there's no OTHER damage to the > flash, since it takes such a long time for it to turn around > from Pentax. (Plus, I gotta' find where I put the box > before I can ship it back to them.) > > I've got a AF-360FGZ I can use in the meantime if I > actually need the flash. > > I was practicing the wireless flash with the flash > hand-held in my left hand, and dropped it while trying to > put one of those plastic bowl diffusers on it. > > -- > 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.
