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david king (kingy) 0 pts

February 17, 2008 9:09 AM

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problem with my 300d is that i cant use any external flash guns

been using 300d for 3 or more years no prob, last night took shots at a party. external gun working fine then pics just totally dark . took off gun and using built in flash all fine again.
got home and tried gun on my 400d works fine . it flashes when connected to 300d but pics come out very dark. tried another flash gun and same thing but it works on 450d therefore no flashgun apart from built in works on this 300d it sounds like all external flash has been turned off 300d but i have not done this and i dont know how to reset if poss.
thanks for your help with this
david king

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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts

February 17, 2008 5:04 PM

David,

You might have dirty connections in your flash shoe. Try rubbing a pencil eraser on the connectors to clean them. You might find that does the trick. Good luck.

Andrew

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david king (kingy) 0 pts

February 18, 2008 5:12 PM

thanks for the answer but i have cleared up the problem. whilst taking photos at this party a child wanted to take a picture and he grabed at the camera, after pressing every button i pressed the flash button on the side of the lens housing and it has cleared the fault i dont understand what the le lock is for but i cant find a use for it!!!!!
thanks, david

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problem with my 300d is that i cant use any external flash guns

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