K5 hot shoe have sleep timer?

123jippo · 09-21-2013, 12:57 AM

My k5 is now almoust 2 years old. From new it have had strange behaviour with hot shoe. Sometimes hot shoe works nicely but sometimes its dead. Need to take flash off, put back again, offon power flash and camera and suddenly itworks again. So suddenly signal just disappear from hot shoe and as result no flash...This really makes me mad. But Pc-sync works fine. Now i did finally notice that problem exist mostly when camera and flash/trigger are on and not take photo about few minutes then no flashsignal from hot shoe anymore.

Anobody else notice this timer sleep off function in k5?

**fs999** · 09-21-2013, 09:46 AM

I think it is more crisis problem. Never heard that the K5 had a hot shoe sleep timer, unlike the flashes does have one...

vonBaloney · 09-21-2013, 09:50 AM

Sounds more like a flash problem -- what is the exact set-up?

asp1880 · 09-21-2013, 12:06 PM

I've experienced something similar. I had a K5, a 540FGZ flash on an ebay p-ttl coiled cord and an ebay flash battery box. All power save features disabled, both on the flash and the camera. After a 5-10 minute pause from shooting, the flash would stop firing. I had to power cycle the flash to make it go again.

I discovered that if I switched the battery box off before the pause and on again before commencing shooting, the flash would keep working. I wrote it off as a bug in the flash.

Regards,
--Anders.

123jippo · 09-21-2013, 11:25 PM

Cos i experience this same problem with all different setups i assume its camera related problem. Yesterday i did change location of my lightstand once and adjusting directions carefully few mins and again i had no flash signal, so this time using radiotriggers.

Asp1880: i will try to off powersave feature in my camera maybe it have something to do with this. If not help i will go local pentax maintenance cos this problem drives me nuts...

123jippo · 09-23-2013, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by asp1880

I've experienced something similar. I had a K5, a 540FGZ flash on an ebay p-ttl coiled cord and an ebay flash battery box. All power save features disabled, both on the flash and the camera. After a 5-10 minute pause from shooting, the flash would stop firing...
.

Tnx Anders! Today I did off power save feature in camera (before it was 30mins) and no more this hot shoe problem during many hours shooting session. First time ever flash works without problems even keeping breaks also

ChrisJ · 09-23-2013, 03:43 PM

I had the problem with my K5 and my Metz flash, TTL was random, it would be perfect for a few frames then over/under expose a couple of frames and then go back to perfect again. Same on my K-01, my Pentax Q has always worked perfectly.

After a little research I found I wasn't alone so I updated the firmware in the Metz flash and it now works perfectly on all my Pentax cameras every time, I still think the fault is in the cameras firmware though, Metz specifically mention that the update has been made necessary only for auto and manual operation on the K5 ll and K30, an older update was required for the K5 and a more recent one for the K-01 (all included in the latest download).

http://www.metz.de/index.php?eID=tx_nawsecuredl&u=0&file=fileadmin/fm-dam/Do...a98321af1c8700

It's as if Pentax have altered the flash function on every new model they release.

Chris

09-21-2013, 12:57 AM	#1
123jippo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 165	K5 hot shoe have sleep timer? My k5 is now almoust 2 years old. From new it have had strange behaviour with hot shoe. Sometimes hot shoe works nicely but sometimes its dead. Need to take flash off, put back again, offon power flash and camera and suddenly itworks again. So suddenly signal just disappear from hot shoe and as result no flash...This really makes me mad. But Pc-sync works fine. Now i did finally notice that problem exist mostly when camera and flash/trigger are on and not take photo about few minutes then no flashsignal from hot shoe anymore. Anobody else notice this timer sleep off function in k5?

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09-21-2013, 09:46 AM	#2
fs999 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Luxembourg Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,639	I think it is more crisis problem. Never heard that the K5 had a hot shoe sleep timer, unlike the flashes does have one...

09-21-2013, 09:50 AM	#3
vonBaloney Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 6,029	Sounds more like a flash problem -- what is the exact set-up?

09-21-2013, 12:06 PM	#4
asp1880 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Lyngby, Copenhagen Photos: Albums Posts: 742	I've experienced something similar. I had a K5, a 540FGZ flash on an ebay p-ttl coiled cord and an ebay flash battery box. All power save features disabled, both on the flash and the camera. After a 5-10 minute pause from shooting, the flash would stop firing. I had to power cycle the flash to make it go again. I discovered that if I switched the battery box off before the pause and on again before commencing shooting, the flash would keep working. I wrote it off as a bug in the flash. Regards, --Anders.

09-21-2013, 11:25 PM	#5
123jippo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 165 Original Poster	Cos i experience this same problem with all different setups i assume its camera related problem. Yesterday i did change location of my lightstand once and adjusting directions carefully few mins and again i had no flash signal, so this time using radiotriggers. Asp1880: i will try to off powersave feature in my camera maybe it have something to do with this. If not help i will go local pentax maintenance cos this problem drives me nuts...

09-23-2013, 12:57 PM	#6
123jippo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 165 Original Poster	Originally posted by asp1880 I've experienced something similar. I had a K5, a 540FGZ flash on an ebay p-ttl coiled cord and an ebay flash battery box. All power save features disabled, both on the flash and the camera. After a 5-10 minute pause from shooting, the flash would stop firing... . Tnx Anders! Today I did off power save feature in camera (before it was 30mins) and no more this hot shoe problem during many hours shooting session. First time ever flash works without problems even keeping breaks also

09-23-2013, 03:43 PM	#7
ChrisJ Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Eckington, Derbyshire UK Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 316	I had the problem with my K5 and my Metz flash, TTL was random, it would be perfect for a few frames then over/under expose a couple of frames and then go back to perfect again. Same on my K-01, my Pentax Q has always worked perfectly. After a little research I found I wasn't alone so I updated the firmware in the Metz flash and it now works perfectly on all my Pentax cameras every time, I still think the fault is in the cameras firmware though, Metz specifically mention that the update has been made necessary only for auto and manual operation on the K5 ll and K30, an older update was required for the K5 and a more recent one for the K-01 (all included in the latest download). http://www.metz.de/index.php?eID=tx_nawsecuredl&u=0&file=fileadmin/fm-dam/Do...a98321af1c8700 It's as if Pentax have altered the flash function on every new model they release. Chris