Charles, if you had problems and the repair is still in warranty you
should get in touch with them. And use the flash a lot, to either get
more data on the problem or be assured of its good condition.
Had my share of intermittent problems with computers and cameras, and
hardly they go away on their own. Guess my luck is not that good with
hardware... or gambling, wich I don't. ;-)
lf
... assuming you're positive the problem lies in the flash... did you
test with other TTL flash already?
Charles Robinson escreveu:
I was trying to take pictures of my grandson a few days ago... and all
of my flash shots were turning out black.
Taking my eye away from the camera, I could see that it was almost doing
what it did almost a year ago (which I paid to repair) - the pre-flash
was going off when it should... a very dim pre-flash. And NO flash when
the actual exposure was being made. (Original fault was a dim
pre-flash, which would make the camera think that the subject was very
dark, which meant that the final flash was usually full-power, regardless).
The flash worked FINE if I would put it in "A" mode (where, sometimes, I
think I would just like it to stick - much more reliable in that
position. I hate P-TTL).
After some fiddling and changing the batteries out to be sure that
wasn't it (it wasn't) it started exposing OK again - but then the zoom
mechanism wasn't doing anything. It would just blink the zoom position
on the rear display.
Switching the zoom position to "manual" and cycling through the zoom
positions would have NO effect on the position of the zoom. It would
blink the zoom positions, cycling through all of the zoom levels on the
back display, but I never heard the zoom motor going.
No - it was not the diffuser/reflector pulled out on top - when you do
that it sticks in the "manual mode - 13mm" (when it's working).
Disappointed... I found the receipt from my mid-November-2008 repair and
noted the 1-year warranty indicated on that sheet. I popped the flash
into my camera/computer bag and brought it to work, prepared to ship it
back to Pentax.
As I took it out of the bag at work, prepared to give them a detailed
write-up of what works and what doesn't.... it works perfectly.
Now - since I have a month until the repair warranty runs out, I'd
really like to have it checked out. But what do I tell them? "It works
sometimes, but sometimes it does x,y,z"? Basically I'm wondering what
is the most sure-fire way to ensure that the people at Pentax Colorado
(or wherever this flash ends up being repaired - sigh) take note of what
I tell 'em and really get it sorted out.. before I'm on the hook for
paying to repair it (again).
-Charles
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