Test works fine but won't flash when firmly mounted (in any mode) on my Canon Rebel t1i. What am I doing wrong?
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I don't know.. You should make a YouTube video asking the photog community on their to help you. I'm sure you'll get someone who knows what's the problem. I'm not their to see what's going on so its hard to assist you with out me seeing what your doing.
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Make sure your flash is set to ettl, thats the way you can make changes.to the flash, even for manual flash.
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I shoot with a Nikon that has options to trigger a remote flash. Not familiar with Canon T3i.
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Can you provide more details? What is your camera? Did you try mounting a flash directly or wireless trigger?
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I purchased my SD890 IS from Amazon last year just because of this problem with my older Canon SD 700IS. Perhaps Canon can help with this issue. I just took a photo for a test and the flash worked on A - ISO HI and the picture seems to be fine. Perhaps it's your settings that play a part in this issue. SS
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You need to turn the small black ring upwards or anti-clockwise at the bottom of the adapter where u fix it to your camera to release the pin which gets attached to the flash. Don't try to take out by force . You can damage the adapter
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Hi Angela, I'm honestly not sure! It didn't work very well with my canon rebel T1i. It was back in the mail after a week of many attempts to use. You might be better of just buying a more reliable flash if your not sure. Hope this helps you:)
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I've tried it on my Canon T4i. When I insert it fully into the hot shoe, the camera disables the popup flash. I can get it to work by partially inserting it, but it's kind of fiddly. There might be a setting on the camera somewhere that will change this. As it is, I would say it partially works.
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I mount my camera on a bracket and use the flash with a radio slave bought from amazon. It works fine.i believe the radio slave is made by cowboy. Not too expensive. When I used the flash on the camera, I had some issues
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it worked on my canon t4i, however using my old vivatar 283 flash, I also tried it on my Sunpack pro strobe NO WORKIE... it fired no sync, i talk to a pro at a camera store and he said its a crap shoot whether or not it'll sync --- problem it fired the flash and didn't blow up my t4 BUY i could NOT get the old flash to sync with the digital shutter speed, I tried two twice on different days changing all kinds of settings and never got the flash to sync, it fired the flash but not had NO affect. i put the bug in a drawer and my kid can throw it away in a few years..... ya want it.Phil. it worked on my canon t4i, however using my old vivatar 283 flash, I also tried it on my Sunpack pro strobe NO WORKIE... it fired no sync, i talk to a pro at a camera store and he said its a crap shoot whether or not it'll sync --- problem it fired the flash and didn't blow up my t4 BUY i could NOT get the old flash to sync with the digital shutter speed, I tried two twice on different days changing all kinds of settings and never got the flash to sync, it fired the flash but not had NO affect. i put the bug in a drawer and my kid can throw it away in a few years..... ya want it.Phil.
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I let the receiver hang from the camera, I plug it in then just let it hand but when I first started I only pushed it on the mount a little so the flash could still come up but then the flash gets in the way of the signal so I now just let it hang and so far has not caused any damage to the cord.
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Tried with Nikon flash. The LS can work in remote slave mode, so if your flash goes then LS fires too.
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You have to check the voltage output on the flashes. The original Vivitars had very high voltage outputs that would fry newer electronic cameras. If you don't have the original specs for the flash, get a $5 multi tester from radio shack. It's easy to do and you can find detailed instructions on the internet. Just do a google search.
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there is a little button on top next to the flash , it looks like a little > but the point is up right. u click it over and the flash should work if not then u have a problem. I have had mine camera for more then 8 years, never had a problem with it ., best camera I ever bought. Good luck
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Touch menu button, then touch the outer ring where the flash indicator it located. When you have selected the mode the camera mode has an automatic flash. This should fix the problem. Each Mode has different flash modes. If this doesn't work for you then it may need factory service. Hope this helps.
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I had the same problem trying to use the camera in auto mode. It popped up, i think every time i turned the camera on in the auto mode, but it wouldn't fire, even in a completely dark room. Yes, the flash was set to auto. It seemed to work fine in other modes. Every camera i've run across fires the flash automatically when used in auto so i figured there was something wrong with the one i recieved.
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I have the same kit and used it in a photoshoot I did. It works well, once all the devices are synchronized. If the flash didn't go off, as happened to me at times, a little bit of trouble shooting can be done, by reconnecting the devices again, manually trigger the flash bulbs and checking back the transmitter settings as well as the camera. Whenever that happens to me I do just what I told you and it works. The equipment works well.