Your first clue is that you hardly ever use it. Hold the button down and gently pull on it. Maybe even run it under a bit of water. It is weather sealed after all. I'm willing to bet that it has just stuck together. If that button pushes down the release should be engaging. Even without a spring it should open up. Sometimes I have to pull on my popup to get it to come up. I should probably not drink coffee around my cameras. :)
On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016, at 12:11 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> That would kind of depend on why it failed to pop up. If the linkage >> that releases the retaining hook is broken then there is no way for the >> pop up flash to release, short of tearing down the camera. If the >> spring is simply broken you can probably prop up the flash with >> something and it will probably work. > > > If I recall correctly, this sort of problem used to inflict the MZ/ZX > series film cameras. My MZ-5 suffered from it and propping the flash > open worked well enough but it was annoying. Eventually I got it > repaired. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> >> On 4/16/2016 5:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> > I almost never use the pop-up flash on the K-5 IIs. I did have a >> > situation earlier this week, however, when it would have been useful. >> > I pushed the button, but nothing happened. >> > >> > I am not inclined to send it out for repair just for the flash. >> > Anyone have any ideas for a fix (even temporary) that would allow me >> > to use it when I really need it? >> > >> > TIA, Dan >> > >> > Dan Matyola >> > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > >> >> > -- > -- > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an > unladen european swallow > > > -- > 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.
