10d pop-up flash won't close

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ArnoldK

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• Feb 24, 2006

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Yesterday I took pictures at a party, some with and some without the built-in flash. Suddenly I couldn't close the flash anymore. When I press it down it will pop-up right away.

I tried different things to get the flash to stick in the close position: I turned off the camera, switched through different modes, changed the power pack, removed the memory card, switched lenses. Nothing worked - to flash is still up.

Has anybody experienced this before? And is there an easy way to solve it?

 

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• Feb 24, 2006

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This happens on my old D30 sometimes. I fix it by turning on the camera, and then holding the flash popup button while I hold the flash down. You'll hear a bit of a clunk and that normally solves it for me.

Good luck.

 

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Thanks Dave, you tip worked like a charm.

 

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ArnoldK said:

Thanks Dave, you tip worked like a charm.

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I had the same problem with my EOS 7D, the tip Dave gave worked with me also, Thanks Dave.

 

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Hi Thanks that tip worked for my canon 7d flash will not go down once again thanks edwin

 

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Just recently my Pop up flash will not close on my Canon EOS 7D. Any suggestions?

Thankyou.

 

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Figman1 said:

Just recently my Pop up flash will not close on my Canon EOS 7D. Any suggestions?

Thankyou.

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The suggestion in the 1st response by The Davinator to this 15 year old thread didn't work for you?

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Figman1 said:

Just recently my Pop up flash will not close on my Canon EOS 7D. Any suggestions?

Thankyou.

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Note that the OP that you replied to has not posted on DPR in the 15 years since this thread was started - seems unlikely that you will see a response from that person.

I suspect that you referred to this thread to read the solution and not to resurrect it from the dead by asking the same question again.

 

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Figman1 said:

Just recently my Pop up flash will not close on my Canon EOS 7D. Any suggestions?

Thankyou.

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Did you read the very first reply to this 15 year old thread?

 

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Hello, sir. I came from the future just to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. It worked for my Canon 80D. Jesus, you are an angel!

 

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Mark B. said:

Did you read the very first reply to this 15 year old thread?

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That explains the 10D .... but I have to admit, I like to dust off the 30D occasionally and shoot with it. It has the opposite problem in that the flash does not like to pop up unless I apply gentle pressure. Good thing I almost never use the built in flash.

 

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Hi, thanks so much for this fix. Worked for my canon 60D