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jayvilla
14th of December 2002 (Sat), 11:36
Hello to all. I cannot get my Canon D60 to read my external flash. The camera works great with the built in flash but will not sync with an external one. I tried the flash on my EOS 3 and it worked fine. Something must be wrong with my camera. Can anybody help me?
roine
14th of December 2002 (Sat), 12:25
Hello

Some background:

1. What flash do You use? Eg My old Sigma dident work on my D30, but on my filmbased EOS 300 etc.

2. What speed and mode do You use in the camera?

3. CF settings, Have You selected fill or nott fill flash on the CF settings?

4. Have You selectet first or secound curt. sync?

Roine
jayvilla
14th of December 2002 (Sat), 12:38
I just had the camera in Program Mode. It is a Vivitar Flash. I was thinking of going to my local camera store and testing a Canon Flash on my camera.
robertwgross
14th of December 2002 (Sat), 21:28
jayvilla wrote:
I just had the camera in Program Mode. It is a Vivitar Flash. I was thinking of going to my local camera store and testing a Canon Flash on my camera.

If you can answer the four questions from Roine, that would be helpful.

For example, which Vivitar flash?

I have an old Vivitar 252 that has about 190 volts on the hot shoe foot, and that is not compatible with the hot shoe socket on the D60.

---Bob Gross---
jayvilla
14th of December 2002 (Sat), 21:32
I went to the camera store today and tested the camera. The salesperson said that a regular flash would burn the circuits of the D60. I needed a Canon brand flash specifically for the D60. We tested one in the store and it worked just fine. Thank god I didn't fry my camera! Why didn't I know this before?
robertwgross
15th of December 2002 (Sun), 00:51
jayvilla wrote:
I went to the camera store today and tested the camera. The salesperson said that a regular flash would burn the circuits of the D60. I needed a Canon brand flash specifically for the D60. We tested one in the store and it worked just fine. Thank god I didn't fry my camera! Why didn't I know this before?

So, you tested one at the store and it worked.

Which one? There are several Canon flash units, and only about one is the correct one.

Did you buy it?

---Bob Gross---
jayvilla
15th of December 2002 (Sun), 02:26
The flash we tried was a Canon 550 EX. No I didn't buy it. I will soon though.