Dude, face it: yer 540 is _broken_. As in: not up to spec. Ie: your issue isn't a design fault.
I'm not the only one on this list who has an AF540 or two that work 100% consistently in manual mode. My two are absolute workhorses. I have fired both of them, in manual, both at full power, constantly during a three hour shoot. Even changed the batteries once during. Both flashes were very hot to the touch when I wrapped up, but no misfires, no dropping out of the mode they were set to. That said, I won't buy another Pentax flash. If I need another hotshoe flash, I'm going to try Metz. But for value and power I'll more likely get an Alien Bees strobe and Vagabond Mini battery pack. Total cost is less than current AF-540 retail. I almost never put a flash on the camera, so that form-factor isn't necessary to me. On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash. > > Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use studio > flash. My AF-540 won't freaking stay in manual mode for any predictable > amount of time. And yes I've set all the configuration bits on it so it > doesn't turn off. > > It has a new stunt. You know how the vertical angle of the head can be set, > and you press the button on the side to change the angle? > It no longer permanently clicks in. It has some sort of a detent, but you > don't have to bother pressing the grey button on the side of the head to > readjust it. > > As soon as I can afford it, I'm buying a Metz. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
