"External Flash attached": NOT

I was on a shoot today and needed some filler light, so I hit the flash button, to pop up the flash, and nothing happened.

When I checked the menu/Flash control/Built-in Flash Func setting the following message appeared: "This menu cannot be displayed. External flash is attached". But it isn't!

I put to external flash on the camera and removed it again; thinking it might, somehow reset but it didn't change anything.

Is there a menu setting that, if set, would cause the camera to think an external flash was attached, or is my camera broken?

there is a very small microswitch under one of the metal ears on teh hot shoe, that's how it detects that a flash is attached. sometimes a little bit of grit can get in there and stick it down. Try using a toothpick to jiggle that switch and see if that fixes it.

krb wrote in post #12802121
there is a very small microswitch under one of the metal ears on teh hot shoe, that's how it detects that a flash is attached. sometimes a little bit of grit can get in there and stick it down. Try using a toothpick to jiggle that switch and see if that fixes it.

Bingo That was it. Thanks!

btw how did you get the Flickr link into your sig?

Do you mean how did I make it a link or how did I do the colors or...?

Like this:

<a href="http://www.flick​r.com/photos/blahblahb​lah/" target="_blank"><b><font color="blue">Flick</font><font color="red">r</font></b></a>

krb wrote in post #12802329
Do you mean how did I make it a link or how did I do the colors or...?

This link; I think I'll be able to figure out the colors.

I am wrong. It's BB CODE not HTML.

mikecox wrote in post #12802469
This link; I think I'll be able to figure out the colors.

url=www.flickr.com/
flickr
/url

The above is the lines to use but you have to enclose the first and last lines in square brackets. If you click the quote button you can see a sample of quote tags and the URL tag follows the same basic format.

AbPho wrote in post #12802468
Like this:

<a href="http://www.flick​r.com/photos/blahblahb​lah/" target="_blank"><b><font color="blue">Flick</font><font color="red">r</font></b></a>

I added this; exactly as shown...

<a href="http://www.flick​r.com/photos/mikecox_/​" target="_blank"><b><font color="blue">Flick</font><font color="red">r</font></b></a>

But it isn't showing up.

I even removed a line before adding it by putting the attribution for my quote on the same line.

mikecox wrote in post #12802548
I added this; exactly as shown...

<a href="http://www.flick​r.com/photos/mikecox_/​" target="_blank"><b><font color="blue">Flick</font><font color="red">r</font></b></a>

But it isn't showing up.

I even removed a line before adding it by putting the attribution for my quote on the same line.

like he said in his follow-up, that doesn't work within the forum. that's what is actually sent to everybody's web browser when they see it but the form doesn't let you post the actual codes like that.

krb wrote in post #12802527
url=www.flickr.com/
flickr
/url

The above is the lines to use but you have to enclose the first and last lines in square brackets. If you click the quote button you can see a sample of quote tags and the URL tag follows the same basic format.

Sorry

Do you mean to use the quote tab; like I'm seeing here in the quoted section?

If I follow exactly what you said exactly it sounds like I would put the entire section inside a pair of square brackets; which doesn't sound right.

Look closer at the quote section. There are square brackets around the "quote=..." part and then another set of square brackets around the [/QUOTE] section. Same thing for the "url=..." and the "/url" part.

michael,

a) go to your flickr page, sign in and go to the "My account tab""
b) highlight your "photostream" address and copy it
c) come back to POTN,and hit the "quicklinks" tab, andselect edit signature
Then:
1) write the word flickr
2) add the color to the letters
3) selected the 'hyperlink" tool...(if you hover over it with your cursor it says,ïnsert link",
4) paste the address from the flickr page there
8) save it.
Voila

I think that's what you mean?


it edited the steps above to confirm, you have to do it in that order since once the ïnsert link" boxis open, you can't navigate away to another page. Also, if you get the yellow bar telling you to allow script, youshould allow it, or it won't work.

mikewinburn wrote in post #12810620
I think that's what you mean?

Awesome; it worked! Thanks

Ah, never mind my goofed-up attempt!