What can I do? Can I repair this without sending it in... I am so lost... has this happened to anyone?
Vickie17 Hatchling 8 posts Joined Mar 2011 More info       | Mar 12, 2011 15:00 | #1 What can I do? Can I repair this without sending it in... I am so lost... has this happened to anyone?
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      | Mar 12, 2011 15:00 | #2 oh by the way.. the flash pops open.. but does not flash... the camera clicks but no flash is used.
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Bang Bang Boy Goldmember ![]() 1,347 posts Joined Nov 2010 Location: South Africa More info       | Mar 12, 2011 17:12 | #3 Flash turned off in the menus? Lots of old stuff but hey I am a student
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sandpiper Cream of the Crop ![]() More info       | Check there is no dirt in the hotshoe mount, sometimes a small piece of debris / grit can hold the pin down that tells it a flash is mounted. When that happens the pop up flash won't fire as the camera thinks there is a speedlight present.
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      | Mar 12, 2011 21:25 | #5 is the hot shoe what is on top?
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      | Mar 12, 2011 21:30 | #6 how much is a flash I can attach?
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Higgs Boson Goldmember 1,953 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jan 2011 Location: Texas Hill Country More info       | Mar 12, 2011 21:58 | #7 hot shoe is the little metal connector looking things on top. A9 | A7R3 | 25 | 55 | 85
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joeseph "smells like turd" ![]() More info       | Mar 13, 2011 01:20 | #8 Bang Bang Boy wrote in post #12008230 ![]() Flash turned off in the menus? check this first... sandpiper wrote in post #12008337 ![]() Check there is no dirt in the hotshoe mount, sometimes a small piece of debris / grit can hold the pin down that tells it a flash is mounted. When that happens the pop up flash won't fire as the camera thinks there is a speedlight present. if the pin's stuck, the flash won't pop up. Sadly I think it's broken - on the plus side you can buy a good flash for what it would cost to repair... some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", 1D MK II converted for IR, and now an M5
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joeseph "smells like turd" ![]() More info       | Mar 13, 2011 01:25 | #9 Vickie17 wrote in post #12009339 ![]() how much is a flash I can attach?
some fairly old canon camera stuff, canon lenses, Manfrotto "thingy", 1D MK II converted for IR, and now an M5
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lannes Goldmember ![]() 4,370 posts Likes: 5 Joined Dec 2009 Location: Perth, Australia More info       | Mar 13, 2011 07:39 | #10 With the flash up and the camera set to the "green box" mode, if you try and take a photo while pointing to a darker part of the room, does the flash strobe and the camera lens focus ? 1Dx, 1DM4, 5DM2, 7D, EOS-M, 8-15L, 17-40L, 24 TSE II, 24-105L, 50L, 85L II, 100L, 135L, 200L f/2.8, 300L f/4, 70-200L II, 70-300L, 400Lf/5.6
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      | thanks guys.. yes it does focus and the flash pops up but the pic is taken and the pic comes out rather dark b/c the flash does not go off even when the flash pops up.. does this make since..
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Cokeman Member 168 posts Joined Aug 2010 More info       | Mar 13, 2011 10:10 | #12 joeseph wrote in post #12010151 ![]() if the pin's stuck, the flash won't pop up. Sadly I think it's broken - on the plus side you can buy a good flash for what it would cost to repair... +1 - My camera has the issue where the pin gets stuck after I use an external flash. When the pin gets stuck, the flash does not even pop up. The flash menus then seem all confused - if I look at the menu for the popup flash, it tells me an external flash is connected; if I look at the menu for the external flash, it tells me an unrecognized flash is connected. T2i, 70-200/4, 28/1.8, 85/1.8, 28-135, 18-55, 55-250, 430EXII
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      | Mar 13, 2011 23:06 | #13 well.. I took it to Wolf Camera and they said it was the flash had burned out and it will cost over $200 to fix and would be gone for 8 weeks.. CRAZY... I can't live w/o my camera that long.. he suggested I buy a flash for $99 that fits Cannon they sell... what do you think of the Quantaray flash that sells for $99 and it takes batteries.. I could see me going thru a lot of batteries..
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tonylong ...winded ![]() More info       | Mar 13, 2011 23:14 | #14 Vickie17 wrote in post #12014778 ![]() well.. I took it to Wolf Camera and they said it was the flash had burned out and it will cost over $200 to fix and would be gone for 8 weeks.. CRAZY... I can't live w/o my camera that long.. he suggested I buy a flash for $99 that fits Cannon they sell... what do you think of the Quantaray flash that sells for $99 and it takes batteries.. I could see me going thru a lot of batteries.. Yeah, external flashes take batteries or an external power supply. That's no big deal, but you should make sure you have a good supply. I keep both rechargables and "emergency" non-rechargables (because over time the rechargables can leak out their charge). Tony
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Cokeman Member 168 posts Joined Aug 2010 More info       | Mar 14, 2011 08:16 | #15 Eneloops are great... they hold their charge very well. T2i, 70-200/4, 28/1.8, 85/1.8, 28-135, 18-55, 55-250, 430EXII
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