A wire-wheel on an electric drill is pretty effective too. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:25 PM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > I use a small piece of a Scotch-brite pad: > > <http://www.scotch-brite.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Scotch-BriteBrand/Scotch-Brite/Products/Product-Catalog/~/Non-Scratch-Scour-Pad?N=5941615&rt=rud> > > DS > > On 14 November 2012 01:09, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> In the recent past, my flash (Metz AF58-1) in combination with K-7 >> developed a problem. In some cases, I do not get the flash-ready >> confirmation symbol in the viewfinder. In other cases, even if I do >> get that confirmation at first, the flash (in PTTL mode) goes off full >> capacity, as if the PTTL did not work, yielding extremely overlit >> images. In those cases, often, on the subsequent shots, there is >> no flash confirmation symbol. >> >> All those problems can be fixed by tweaking the hotshoe in the socket >> (sliding it slightly in or out), but it takes a few times to find the >> "right" position. >> I am thinking if this can be fixed by cleaning the contacts. >> >> What are the options of cleaning the contacts besides the obvious of >> using a q-tip soaked in isopropanol? >> >> Any other thoughts on what else might be causing such hot-shoe issues? >> >> Igor > > -- > 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.
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