Canon Rebel questions- help!

[photo4u]

Greetings:

I went digital recently and have a question about controling my white balance and my manual is not helping.

Can someone please give me step-by-step instructions on the rebel to obtain my white balance features, i.e - cloudy, sunny, etc.

Also, when I mount my EX external flash (which is compatable) my camera the flash will not go off. Do I need to set my camera to a special feature?

Life in Monterey

Thanks so much!

[epeace]

make sure that the flash is on and enabled in the settings . .

[pdrow]

Do a search here in the forums. It has been covered several times. Also, did you go to www.photoworkshop.com? There are tutorials there for the Rebel.

[cactusclay]

Go to page 51 in the manuel to figure out what the icons mean, then push WB button and turn dial to desired position.

[robertwgross]

Also, when I mount my EX external flash (which is compatable) my camera the flash will not go off. Do I need to set my camera to a special feature?

It's always possible that you have an intermittent connection on the hot shoe (where the external flash sits on the camera). Once you have eliminated user error as a possibility, then wiggle the flash unit to see if that is happening.

---Bob Gross---

[photo4u]

Thank you all so much. . .but guess what?? I'm embarrassed to say my batteries were too low to fire the flash. I'm in action now!

Thanks so much for the quick response and professional input.

Michelle of Monterey

[photo4u]

Thanks so much for referencing me to the page and everything. . .this board is amazing.

Much appreciated

[Jon, The Elder]

Photo4U - It has happened to everyone of us one time or another. You can tell it as a good story in some thread next Winter.
Good Luck. - Jon F.