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Sep 01, 2013 10:10 |  #1

Hello

A couple of days ago I bought the 430EX ii. And I have a problem wich I'm not able to solve. Is there an option on the flash or the camera (600d) wich allows me to trigger the flash everytime I take a picture.
Whenever I go outside and take macro shots it won't flash. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong because when I go inside the house (somewhat darker) the flash does pop.
I mainly shoot in manual mode.

Thank you in advance,

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Sep 01, 2013 10:16 |  #2

What shutter speed are you using outside? You can go into the menus and clear all settings for the flash and then see if that does anything.

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Sep 01, 2013 10:30 |  #3

Check the tread at https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=978640 for a similar question and lots of feedback.




  
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Sep 01, 2013 10:31 as a reply to  @ John from PA's post |  #4

Thank you for the reply, I mainly use 1/200, f8-11 and ISO100

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Sep 01, 2013 13:33 |  #5

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Whenever I go outside and take macro shots it won't flash. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong because when I go inside the house (somewhat darker) the flash does pop.
I mainly shoot in manual mode.

Is it your CAMERA which is set to Manual, or your flash which is set to Manual?

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Sep 01, 2013 14:25 |  #6

My camera is in manual mode and my flash in E-TTL

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Sep 01, 2013 14:27 as a reply to  @ Fortus's post |  #7

Then there's no real reason for your predicament. When the camera is in manual mode it doesn't make any decisions about whether the flash should fire or not - you do. It's different in the pre-programmed modes.

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