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300D with Yongnuo YN565EX II not working

Started Dec 6, 2014 | Discussions thread
iancrowe Senior Member • Posts: 1,477
Re: 300D with Yongnuo YN565EX II not working

Stephen P M Brown wrote:

The YN565EX II works, it fires when the camera shutter button is pressed fully, but the camera takes a long (1 - 4 second) exposure as though the flash isn't present / has not fired. Test shots taken in dimly lit room.

The flash also communicates with the camera to the extent that it displays the lens zoom level and aperture settings as they change.

My 300D is my main camera and although it is over 10 years old now, it still gives great results. Having recently become a Dad for the first time, I bought a 'speedlite' flash to take better pictures indoors now that winter is upon us (1st Christmas and all that).

My question is are the camera and flash incompatible or should I suspect a camera fault. I do not have access to a more modern camera to test the flash is good.

Thanks,

Stephen

Hmmm...

The 300D uses E-TTL flash metering not E-TTL II, it is possible the YN565EX II does not support the earlier metering standard.

Try setting the camera to manual mode with an aperture of f/8, a shutter speed of 1/100th and ISO set to 100. If the flash is communicating correctly then your indoor subject should be correctly exposed with a dark background.

I don't believe the 300D supports Flash Exposure Compensation but you may be able to manually set it on the YN565.

Hope this helps

Ian

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