I had a similar problem my camera kept telling me to raise the flash even when it was raised. I opened the back of the camera taking out the little screws on the back only. To the right right below the flas is a switch that registers when the flash is raised. Something had broken off in mine because nothing would push the switch. I wedged it down with a foam nose pad for glasses (came in the kit i bought for the screwdriver). Now flash registers all the time so I have to manually change the setting if I don not want flash but it is working now.
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You have to set the on board flash you may have external fllash set on even if you reset your camera go to menu then flash/bracketing then TTL set for flash on camera
Hi 1.The flash onthis modelCanonworks onlyif you manuallyraise the flash.Itdoes not riseautomatically,and is onlyon the raisedflash. 2.Flashon the modulehas a switch- itsometimesfails andthenflash "does not understand"that she had toget involved. 3.Not workingflashcapacitorcharging circuit- usually afterany water 4.Flashlampis not working- usuallyafter a lightblow 5.Commanddoes not work(a piececircuit)from the processorto lightthe lampflashes -aftera blow orhitthe water.
If youfollow steps 1- Raise theflash and thecamera is turned onin the menumode - "shoot with the flash" -but yourflashdoes not work- the restcan fixbrokenonlyengineerto repair.
Hi, I have the Canon Rebel t1i (500d) and I had the same problem (built in flash not working). I tried a number of remedies I found on forums etc but none worked. I then tried this with the camera pointing away from me as if taking a picture. In the external flash housing is a metal sprung plate which surrounds the five circular pins (one big, four small at the rear). If you get a small straight headed screwdriver and lift the front of this plate and at the same time pull it back towards you it will come out altogether. (In picture 2 I show this plate removed and sitting in front of the mount only so you can see it removed, it was brought out backwards so towards me from the camera). I then removed the four small screws being careful not to drop them and took off the mount for the external flash and then tried the flash it opened straight away. I then cleaned all the area of the mount and the two plates and replaced them all ensuring I fitted them exactly as before. I then checked the camera again and presto working fine. I hope this helps everyone with the problem.
I had the same issue, droped camera then even if flash is opened the flash was no triggered. As Paul said I found the sensor for sensing the flash position, I made a few trials then I soldered one pin of the sensor to the sensor's case like in the picture attached. Now is working the flash all the time even if it is closed.... opening the flash is manually.... but still better than without flash at all..
Ignac
Each make/model may be a little different but if your model has a button to raise the flash, you need to open/raise the flash. If your camera's flah is already visable, make sure the setting for flash (symbol of lightning bolt) is set on Auto
This is the AF Assist feature. If you don't have a hot-shoe flash mounted, but you do have the pop-up flash raised, the camera will strobe the pop-up flash in low-light situations to provide illumination for the auto-focus to work. You can disable it by turning off the AF ILLUMINATOR option in the "Wrench 1" settings menu.
I found the answer and fixed my flash. Look on http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00ODWf
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will describe how, if you have been using a speedlite alot, than the
little tab under the shutter release side of the hot shoe can get bent
down thus constantly pressing down (toward the bottom of the camera)
the small button which deactivates the pop-up
flash even when the speedlite is not attached. Just bend the tab up a
little with a jewler's screwdriver, turn the camera off and on and
voila!! Fixed!!! Dan describes pushing the tab down, but on the xti,
the tab needs to be bent up to release the flash deactivation switch
and fix the problem. Thanks to Dan D on photonet for saving me a
service call.
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