Hey guys, I just registered here cuz I can't figure out what is wrong with my flash-plus I've searched all over the boards looking for a thread already started about the issue. I have a bad feeling I might have a defective unit.
For some reason it doesn't want to go into P-TTL mode. When I cycle through the modes it'll only go to TTL, and the camera wont even fire a flash. I was having issues with it the last time I used it in a wedding doing the same thing, but as soon as I half pressed the shutter button to activate the autofocus it would show P-TTL. Tonight I went to use it and it wouldn't sync this time. It's almost as if the camera and the flash aren't talking to each other.
My setup: Pentax *istDS with the 540 mounted directly to the hotshoe. I first tried it with my 50mm f/1.4 and found it didn't work. Put on the kit lens 18-55 and it didn't work with it either. I cycled through all the settings on the flash and the only time I can get it into P-TTL is if it's in slave mode.
I'm guessing either the flash is screwed or the hotshoe on my camera is...which is disappointing because I kept the hotshoe cover on until I got this flash which was only a few months ago.
Any better ideas or insight would be much appreciated.
Last edited by SovereignAxe; 09-10-2008 at 08:53 PM.
Reason: needed a new title