Dropped my Samsung 360 Flash!!

[Rob.Marsh]

Right peeps, need some help here.

I dropped my samsung 360 flash earlier (reall p'd off right now). It flashes fine but no longer zooms. It's stuck at 24mm and when you try the manual adjustment it wines the the zoom value flashes 28.

Is this repairable do you think? If so can you recommend a repair centre? I thought about dropping in to park cameras with it.

I could claim on the house insurance as it's covered, but it was An eBay bargain at £100, and so I need to check if I am covered for replacement or what I paid as £100 won't replace it.

Your help is appreciated!!

Rob

 

[Flash In The Pan]

Does it make a whirr, click, click noise? (I'm being serious here)

 

[Rob.Marsh]

No, it makes a bit of a whine/dull continuous beep. I am pretty certain that there is a failsafe stopping the motor doing any further damage.

 

[Flash In The Pan]

Just wondering....I had a Nikon flash that did that from new, it would zoom out but not back in, opened it up eventually and it was a bit of loose plastic (I assume it had been dropped before I received it). Refitted it all and it was fine from then on....

 

[Rob.Marsh]

I am reluctant to dabble in opening it up as I don't want to mess it up further. I am fairly certain I could open it and fix it, but its an expensive error should I mess it up!

 

[Flash In The Pan]

There's not a lot to the head of a flashgun, just make sure it's fully discharged before opening it up, otherwise you'll end up with a hairdo like Nigel Kennedy....

 

[RJL2005]

There's not a lot to the head of a flashgun, just make sure it's fully discharged before opening it up, otherwise you'll end up with a hairdo like Nigel Kennedy.....

I took one a part going back a few years to see how it worked The small black cylinder which I later found out was the capacitor chucked me half way across the room. wondering what had happened picked the damn thing up again and got a second belt for me troubles