The manual could be much clearer (absolutely terrible organization and
sequencing) but it appears to me that the built-in flash is disabled by
simply not raising it. It appears to have no automatic release
mechanism so, as long as you haven't popped it up, it can't fire. If
that's the case then the "flash off" setting clearly pertains to the
external flash connections.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Had a brane fade at the weekend - I was shooting a couple of pretty
> girls with my 'new' E-3 doing 'lesbian vampire' images and the studio
> flashes stopped firing. I couldn't work it out. So I just switched to
> the 5D2, cursing quietly.
> Then later I realised that I'd got it set to 'flash off' as usual in A
> or M mode - I'm not really used to having a pop-up flash and it never
> occurred to me that setting it not to fire it would also disable the
> external flash shoe! How daft is that? I mean - if you've attached a
> flash or trigger, why would you want to set it not to fire them?
> Strewth.
> Er, I have got this right haven't I - I can't find a mention in the
> manual (yes, I even resorted to reading the manual!)
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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