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EX2F users (past and present) - question regarding external flash

Started Jun 7, 2018 | Discussions
Ben Herrmann
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EX2F users (past and present) - question regarding external flash

Hey all you EX2F Homies (you know who you are)...

This is driving me batty to say the least. I half a good half dozen manual flash units that I use with most of my cameras. However, none of them function with the EX2F. I've checked everything (that I could think of), meaning:

1. Yes, the flash is seated all the way in the shoe...

2. Yes, the flash is set to Fire always in the menu system.

3. I shoot in RAW mode.

No matter what I put the selector dial to - meaning P, A, S, M, etc., the flash will not fire at all - yet it fires on other cameras easily.

What am I missing here. In particular, I want to use the Viltrox JY610II compact manual and multi-function speedlite. Nothing I do will make the flash fire (at least it won't on the EX2F). I know I'm overlooking something here.

NOTE:  TTL enabled Samsung flash units (i.e. Metz, etc) work just fine.  It's the manual ones I'm having issues with.  I hope this doesn't mean that the EX2F has been dumbed down not to function with 3rd party manual flash units.

Any logical hints would be gladly entertained.

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Sincerely,
Bernd ("Ben") Herrmann
Fuquay Varina, North Carolina USA

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