Sounds like a mount problem. The hot shoe is fiddly. You have to make
sure its fully in place and clean.
Paul
On Oct 7, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
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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