That's odd about the shoe slippage. Did you rotate the locking lever to the right? When you do that a pin drops from the flash and slides into a hole in the shoe where it should prevent the removal of the flash.
Maybe your 3rd-party flash doesn't have that lever. On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Bruce. > > I have to say, the flash performed pretty damned well given all the negative > things I've heard about PTTL. The biggest issue I had was the flash unit > slowly slipping out of the hot shoe over time -- which happened a couple of > times throughout the night. Other than that, I think it did a pretty > commendable job overall, from what I've seen of the photos I've gone > through. > > -- Walt > > > > On 1/12/2014 1:53 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> A touching moment indeed, and nicely rendered, Walt. >> >> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. >>> It >>> was a bit of a last-minute deal I did on the cheap to help out the young >>> couple, so I didn't do a lot in the way of preparation. Essentially, I >>> did >>> it all with my K-5 and the trusty ol' F 50/1.7. >>> >>> This is one of my favorites so far, though I'm still going through them. >>> I >>> just thought it was one of the more touching moments I've photographed to >>> date -- the emotionally fraught dance of the bride and her father. >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/11910356115/#large >>> K-5, F 50/1.7, f/2.2, ISO 400, 1/180 sec., PTTL flash >>> >>> Comments, as always, are welcome. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- -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.
