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300D with Yongnuo YN565EX II not working

Started Dec 6, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP Stephen P M Brown New Member • Posts: 8
Re: 300D with Yongnuo YN565EX II not working

I have tried manual mode on the flash and it still will not fire.

Further note of interest: when I half press the camera trigger the flash lights the scene with a cross grid of red light, ie: you can see the subject illuminated by them as if you were shinning a red led torch beam. Does that make sense?

I have a couple of old 35mm film Pentax cameras around, if the flash were working correctly would a 1980s Pentax MX be capable of firing the flash, as a test?

It must be obvious by now I have no clue about external flash guns. I have never in 30+ years of photography used anything other than built-in pop-up flashes or those old-style one-time use flash bulbs.

Thanks.

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