Error 05

[rdr]

Can Error 05, flash will not pop up, be fixed Without returning to Canon?

[Crista]

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[ebiggs1]

There are two versions of this problem: 1. The flash does not pop-up. 2. The flash does pop-up.

Here’s the fix to the error 05 when the flash does not pop-up. This will work on the XTi and perhaps on similar Canon cameras.
The pop-up flash has two legs. Look at the pivot point of the right leg (”right” when looking into the lens). Just in front of the pivot is a very small spring-load pin on the “roof” of the camera body.
This pin is the sensor that tells the camera the state of the flash. The pin is pushed down when the pop-up flash is closed and is suppose to quickly spring up when the flash is opened. Problem is, the pin sometimes gets dirty and drags. When it is slow to spring up … you get the error 05 message.

Fix: Take a small jeweler’s screwdriver and dip the tip in denatured alcohol. (Don’t use any other solvent unless it’s designed for cleaning electronic parts!) Then touch the screwdriver tip to the pin. Do this several times until the pin area is nicely wet. Then push the pin up and down until it is able to spring up quickly.

[RobertTheFat]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

There are two versions of this problem: 1. The flash does not pop-up. 2. The flash does pop-up.

Here’s the fix to the error 05 when the flash does not pop-up. This will work on the XTi and perhaps on similar Canon cameras.
The pop-up flash has two legs. Look at the pivot point of the right leg (”right” when looking into the lens). Just in front of the pivot is a very small spring-load pin on the “roof” of the camera body.
This pin is the sensor that tells the camera the state of the flash. The pin is pushed down when the pop-up flash is closed and is suppose to quickly spring up when the flash is opened. Problem is, the pin sometimes gets dirty and drags. When it is slow to spring up … you get the error 05 message.

Fix: Take a small jeweler’s screwdriver and dip the tip in denatured alcohol. (Don’t use any other solvent unless it’s designed for cleaning electronic parts!) Then touch the screwdriver tip to the pin. Do this several times until the pin area is nicely wet. Then push the pin up and down until it is able to spring up quickly.

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That sounds like the fix for the case where the flash does pop up but the camera doesn't know it.

[ebiggs1]

It actually works on both except if it doesn't pop-up you need to clean the linkage. But the jest of the instructios are, it is dirty.

But you are correct, sir, I should have said "does" pop-up.