Thanks Jens. I'll keep that in mind. My flash is too badly broken for a new compartment door to be enough though. The little plastic door where the latch fits is broken too so nothing short of a new body will do. Till that day comes I will have to own a flash and a rubber band to keep it together.
Cheers, Gautam > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: 540FGZ announcement > > > I broken a few parts of my AF500FTZ. > The Danish pentax representative (fovitech) send me the spare parts for > free! > Great service :-) > > Jens Bladt > Arkitekt MAA > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Gautam Sarup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 25. september 2005 00:32 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: RE: 540FGZ announcement > > > Mark, > > Thanks for the information. I didn't know that earlier. > I have a 280 with a broken clasp on the battery compartment > currently held together with a rubber band so this is > a likely replacement at some point. > > I wish somebody would make a flash with a metal body that > can take more punishment than plastic. > > Gautam > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:33 AM > > To: 'pentax-discuss' > > Subject: 540FGZ announcement > > > > > > This is likely to be a repeat, but it was published the day my > > daughter was > > born--I was a little too busy to keep up with the PDML that week: > > > > http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2005/i0518.html > > > > --Mark > > > > > > >

