I never did get it to behave, but still muddled through and got some shots playing with the ring flash:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628464784365/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628464784365/ On Dec 24, 2011, at 1:43 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I'm trying some things out with my new ring flash adapter. I want my AF-540 > in manual mode. > > Unless I have the shoe tightened way down, it won't go into anything but > p-ttl and sb. > Once I crank down on the mount I can get it to go into M, but as soon as I > start to press the shutter, it goes into p-ttl. > > Is there any way to put an AF-540 into manual mode, so that it stays? > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.

