RIP my 360 FGZ unless you can help
contacts clean? broken?
Hello Dan - new batteries, did spray contacts with switch cleaner but no difference.
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
Do be careful!
(Though hopefully it will have discharged over the time it's been asleep.)
Can't remember if Asahi Photo do flash repairs.
Matt
(For gallery, tips and links)
As Matt says take great care, the belt I got from the tiny flash in an Optio is something I won't forget in a hurry!
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
1 - Put in brand new, or fully charged, batteries. Switch on, and leave it.
2 - After a day, take the batteries out and ckeck the voltage - it will probably be way down on all of them.
3 - Repeat step 1 until the ready light comes on.
4 - Press the test button an the flash should flash.
5 - Put in brand new, or fully charged, batteries. Switch on, and listen for a whine as the capacitor recharges.
6 - Back to normal.
I have had several guns do this over the years, always stored with the batteries out, and it has taken as much as three days to cet the capacitor back to condition.
Geoff
X-5
istDS
K2000
P50.
Lenses Digital: 50-200, 18-55 KAF: 28-80.
Lenses KA & K: SMC-KA f2.0, SMC-K f1.4, SMC-K f1.7 Tokina KA 28-70 , SMC Pentax 70-210 F4, Sigma KA 75-300 , Hanimex 500mm Mirror, and the Tamron Adaptall-2 stuff.
and then there's all the M42 kit, and the accessories ...
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500
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K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500