Originally posted by biteme:
I have the 420ex, but it doesn't work. It flashes, but the camera doesn't seem to see the light, or something like that.
Anybody is familiar with this? |
That's odd. It's probably the 'pre flash' firing, but it's either under-exposing the main flash, or not flashing at all...
- Do you have the flash compenstation set in camera? If it's set -2 stops things can be pretty dark.
- have you checked/charged/replaced the batteries? If the batteries a low it's possible the pre-flash will fire OK, but the main flash might not.
- Custom function 7 can disable the flash, check that.
- Do you have the lens cap on? :-).
- What mode are you shooting, and if not P or A, what settings are you using?
- Check the contacts on the flash and hot-shoe. Crud on those contacts can make the canon flashes do odd things...
FYI, I have a 420ex and I've used it on my 10D, 20D, 300D, and an older 1D, and it should work on the 30D, it's mostly the same as the 20....
Message edited by author 2006-07-14 05:16:55. |
