Canon T31/600D flash problem, any help will be good help?

Hi POTN, I have recently bought the T3i or 600D and is my first DSLR. Love the camera but recently the flash has not been operating. when in auto mode in low light the flash does not pop up when i half press the button like it did originally and when in manual modes it will not pop up when i push the flash button on the body.

Any help? or is this just a case of me no knowing what im doing and i havre to re-read the manual???

Thanks for any help offered!

Have you mounted an external flash at any time, there is a micro switch under one of the spring plates in the hot shoe which tells the camera when there is a flash mounted so it won't pop up the built-in flash, this sometimes gets stuck down. Get a tooth pick or somesuch and have a (gentle) wiggle under the spring plates, I think it's the left one (from the back of the camera) but have a look and you should see it.

Fitzer wrote in post #14240152
Have you mounted an external flash at any time, there is a micro switch under one of the spring plates in the hot shoe which tells the camera when there is a flash mounted so it won't pop up the built-in flash, this sometimes gets stuck down. Get a tooth pick or somesuch and have a (gentle) wiggle under the spring plates, I think it's the left one (from the back of the camera) but have a look and you should see it.

Thanks Fitzer, I had a hotshoe level for my tripod in and that was what was making it think it had a flash on i suppose, thanks heaps for your help>>>>>>>>>

Fitzer wrote in post #14240152
Have you mounted an external flash at any time, there is a micro switch under one of the spring plates in the hot shoe which tells the camera when there is a flash mounted so it won't pop up the built-in flash, this sometimes gets stuck down. Get a tooth pick or somesuch and have a (gentle) wiggle under the spring plates, I think it's the left one (from the back of the camera) but have a look and you should see it.

I have the same problem. I do not use an external flash. And my hotshoe is empty. Please help. Thanks.

Sampath wrote in post #16417716
I have the same problem. I do not use an external flash. And my hotshoe is empty. Please help. Thanks.

Welcome to POTN. The problem and solution are still the same. Follow the instructions in post #2, except that the micro switch is under the right side(looking from the back) hotshoe guide rail.

Sampath may have a different issue since he states "I do not use an external flash." Check the switch as mentioned but review menus that control internal flash. Page 55, 58, and 64 of the manual show how to disable the internal flash.

This may be coming a little late, but I had this same problem, and came across Photography On The Net. Thank you very much guys, this worked on my T3i (600D) perfectly. Little switch is on the right hotshoe spring (at least in my cam it was). Thank you Fitzer, and thanks to the forum! Cheers