just picked up a 420EX flash

just picked up a 420EX flash for my digi rebel and i noticed now the red eye reduction lite dosent come on is this normal

What camera are you trying to use?

---Bob Gross---

its a drebel 300d

The table on page 122 only shows which exposure modes the red-eye feature operates in.

---Bob Gross---

thank you i will hit the books

Heavens knows that the manual is not perfect. However, if we go over our symptoms step-by-step with the manual, sometimes the solution pops up on the fourth reading. If you have made sure that you are operating by the book, and if it does something you still don't agree with, then post something here again.

Some long-term Canon users have gotten to the point where they just kind of know what it is that Canon does not spell out in black and white. Some users are able to read between the lines. That's what makes this forum handy, for sharing that "between the lines" information.

---Bob Gross---

I have a different camera body, so my results might be radically different from yours. On my D60, the red-eye reduction light can be enabled or disabled by menu. Without a 420EX attached, the red-eye reduction lamp turns on in a dim room. With the 420EX attached and ready, the red-eye reduction lamp still turns on. So, my 420EX did not cause anything to change.

I don't have a Digital Rebel here to test.

---Bob Gross---

forgive me guys if im wrong i looked in the book and that applies to only the built in flash

noob question comming up get ready

here i go

when i attach the 420ex and press the shutter button halfway the 420ex flashes a red lite is that the red eye reduction confused

forgive me

first dslr only 2months into this

Thats the auto focus assist lamp.


You need to read this http://photonotes.org/​articles/eos-flash/


Alan

thanks alan i found this im sure it applies to the digital rebel (300d)

On some EOS cameras, such as the Elan/100 or Elan II/50/55, the redeye reduction lamp is mounted in the built-in flash housing and cannot work with external flash units. On other cameras, such as the D30, the redeye reduction lamp is mounted lower on the body and also works with external flashes. On other bodies the redeye reduction lamp won’t work with external flash units even though it’s body mounted. However, redeye reduction lamps aren’t so useful with external flash units anyway, as they tend to be raised fairly high off the lens axis and are often used in a bounce mode which spreads light across a wide area. And if the subject is some distance away the redeye lamp won’t be of much use. It’s for this reason that no Speedlite external flash unit has any form of redeye reduction lighting system - it’s really just a feature for point and shoots and built-in flash.