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agphotography wrote in post #13223679
Mine is on the latest and greatest firmware and all other functions are fine.

I may have been wrong the whole time, it may actually be my flash that is the problem. All this time it has only been acting up on my 1D but just now I tried it on both cameras and it would only register in TTL mode not ETTL. If I unlock the flash from the hot shoe and wiggle it around a little bit then it seems to reconnect and stay that way.

Could it just be bad or dirty contacts on my 580? They look clean as far as I can tell...

Sure, take some alcohol to the dang contacts, and make sure you have fully charged batteries in the flash -- they do goofy things otherwise.

tonylong wrote in post #13223855
Sure, take some alcohol to the dang contacts, and make sure you have fully charged batteries in the flash -- they do goofy things otherwise.

Well I tried the rubbing alcohol and that made it work properly on my 5D, it worked alright on the 1D as well but it was still a bit fidgety. I'll have to keep experimenting.

5 days since the last post in this thread.

agphotography wrote in post #13223679
Mine is on the latest and greatest firmware and all other functions are fine.

I may have been wrong the whole time, it may actually be my flash that is the problem. All this time it has only been acting up on my 1D but just now I tried it on both cameras and it would only register in TTL mode not ETTL. If I unlock the flash from the hot shoe and wiggle it around a little bit then it seems to reconnect and stay that way.

Could it just be bad or dirty contacts on my 580? They look clean as far as I can tell...

Check to see that the pins of your flash aren't recessed a bit and that they're "springing out" properly.

If you've got a recessed pin, it's going to interrupt communication with the flash in one way or another, so it'll appear to be a "dumb flash" to the camera.

I ran into this problem with a flash I had bought online (used), but I was able to just disassemble the unit and rework the pin to get it working again. YMMV.

cputeq007 wrote in post #13253749
Check to see that the pins of your flash aren't recessed a bit and that they're "springing out" properly.

If you've got a recessed pin, it's going to interrupt communication with the flash in one way or another, so it'll appear to be a "dumb flash" to the camera.

I ran into this problem with a flash I had bought online (used), but I was able to just disassemble the unit and rework the pin to get it working again. YMMV.

I just double checked and all of the pins are working as they should. When I jiggle the flash a bit on the hotshoe and THEN lock it down it seems to stay in eTTL, if I don't do this first it gets stuck in TTL mode.

I'll figure it out eventually. I mostly only use it off camera anyways on manual so it's not that big of a deal (Tempted to get those Flex TT5s though!)

One more from this beauty which is up for sale..

frizzle wrote in post #13253721
5 days since the last post in this thread.

Just awesome, frizzle... Nicely captured!!!

airbutchie wrote in post #13274428
Just awesome, frizzle... Nicely captured!!!

Thank you airbutchie.

One of the new champ.

While on the motorcycle theme 1DIII with either 300mm 2.8 or 70-200 2.8 IS II. Pics are from the AHRMA 7th Annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.

vmlopes wrote in post #13164797
and probably one of the last shots that I took with the great 1dmk3..........

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Days Gone By by vmlopes (getting back in the swing), on Flickr

Interesting effect, but I feel as if this shot would lend itself nicely to a normally exposed, regular color shot... without any of the fancy after-effects. Looks like you nailed the exposure, and the colors on this scene would really pop.

ChrisGorabPhotography wrote in post #13284022
Interesting effect, but I feel as if this shot would lend itself nicely to a normally exposed, regular color shot... without any of the fancy after-effects. Looks like you nailed the exposure, and the colors on this scene would really pop.

LOL< I was there about 3 years ago!, I love Madeira.

Bumpity bump for this wonderful piece of glass... 200 1.8L @ f/4...

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/airbutchie/6269​956934/

airbutchie wrote in post #13290831
Bumpity bump for this wonderful piece of glass... 200 1.8L @ f/4...

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/airbutchie/6269​956934/

You should try to find a lens that gives you a little more isolation. What?

^ Will do, Chris...