topic Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS Rebel T3i Flash

harneetaujla — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 04:01:07 GMT

Hi I have a EOS Rebel T3i. My flash will come up but doesn't work, how do i fix this?

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

Skirball — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:38:31 GMT

How is it not working? Doesn't pop up and/or doesn't fire? What shooting mode are you in? We need more information to help you.

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

ebiggs1 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 12:51:04 GMT

The pin that tells the camera the flash is open is probably dirty. Try a few small drop of denatured alcohol on it.

Do not use any thing else.

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

cale_kat — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:24:51 GMT

harneetaujla, I think you might have the camera in "Auto Flash" mode. In this mode, the flash fires automatically when necessary. If the camera is in "Flash on" mode, the flash always fires. See page 58 of your manual.

You don't say what settings you are using, so it's a bit difficult to troubleshoot.

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

harneetaujla — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:47:02 GMT

The flash pops up but won't fire and i can't figure out why cause we haven't used the camera very much.

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

harneetaujla — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:47:45 GMT

It doesn't flash when we need it either. I've tried basically everything.

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

cale_kat — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:12:54 GMT

Do you have the manual? If not, I suggest you go to canon usa to download one for your camera.

Good luck.

Re: EOS Rebel T3i Flash

ebiggs1 — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:38:51 GMT

"t doesn't flash when we need it either. I've tried basically everything."

Except cleaning the pin which tells the camera the flash is up.