Hi,
I had just bought a new canon rebel xti (less than a week old) and when I tried the
flash, it does not fire off. The flash will pop up when in auto mode or
if you push the flash button, but it just won't 'flash'. The busy flash
symbol also comes up before taking a picture , and I noticed that the
pictures I take (with the flash popped up) are dark, so the camera is
assuming the flash is going off, but it's not. Also, I havent used any
external on the camera as of yet.
DO NOT MESS with a new camera (or any other new equipment).
Take/send it back to the vendor, The purchaser has rights also. Number one it must work.
I don't know your location but in UK (& Europe) we have very strict consumer legislation.
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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