5000 flash problem??

[JohnM31499]

This afternoon I was shooting outside trying to decide if this 5000 is going back to Gateway or not(it's looking more & more like it's going to)

I was in a wide open area in my back yard & the nearest tree was over 100 feet away. It was 2:00 in the afternoon on a cloudy day & the 5000 fired the flash on ten consecutive shots.

Is this normal?? There is NO WAY it was dark enough to need a flash(I don't care how slow the lens is) & this will kill the battery a hell of a lot faster than it should!!

 

[JohnM31499]

This afternoon I was shooting outside trying to decide if this 5000
is going back to Gateway or not(it's looking more & more like it's
going to)

I was in a wide open area in my back yard & the nearest tree was
over 100 feet away. It was 2:00 in the afternoon on a cloudy day &
the 5000 fired the flash on ten consecutive shots.

Is this normal?? There is NO WAY it was dark enough to need a
flash(I don't care how slow the lens is) & this will kill the
battery a hell of a lot faster than it should!!

I should probably add that I have since upgraded the firmware but didn't have a chance to see if that made any difference.

 

[Jim Sakane]

John, check to see if your "Anytime Flash (fill flash)" is turned on.

You'll see a little 'lightning' icon on the upper right corner of your LCD screen.

Jim Sakane

This afternoon I was shooting outside trying to decide if this 5000
is going back to Gateway or not(it's looking more & more like it's
going to)

I was in a wide open area in my back yard & the nearest tree was
over 100 feet away. It was 2:00 in the afternoon on a cloudy day &
the 5000 fired the flash on ten consecutive shots.

Is this normal?? There is NO WAY it was dark enough to need a
flash(I don't care how slow the lens is) & this will kill the
battery a hell of a lot faster than it should!!

--Jim Sakane (KD6DX) http://[email protected]

 

[grablife]

Most point and shoot cameras including digital will fire the flash below a certain light level. That level may change depending your your ISO setting. Your eyes can see a lot more light than the camera so what you perceive as adequate light may actually not be enough for the camera.

Try changing to a higher ISO setting or simply turn off the flash.

This afternoon I was shooting outside trying to decide if this 5000
is going back to Gateway or not(it's looking more & more like it's
going to)

I was in a wide open area in my back yard & the nearest tree was
over 100 feet away. It was 2:00 in the afternoon on a cloudy day &
the 5000 fired the flash on ten consecutive shots.

Is this normal?? There is NO WAY it was dark enough to need a
flash(I don't care how slow the lens is) & this will kill the
battery a hell of a lot faster than it should!!

I should probably add that I have since upgraded the firmware but
didn't have a chance to see if that made any difference.

 

[JohnM31499]

John, check to see if your "Anytime Flash (fill flash)" is turned on.
You'll see a little 'lightning' icon on the upper right corner of
your LCD screen.

Jim Sakane

Yea, that would do it I suppose

I don't think it was on, but I may have missed that. I don't have the camera here but I'll check it later, thanks.

 

[Al Perry]

John, check to see if your "Anytime Flash (fill flash)" is turned on.
You'll see a little 'lightning' icon on the upper right corner of
your LCD screen.

Jim Sakane

Yea, that would do it I suppose

I don't think it was on, but I may have missed that. I don't have
the camera here but I'll check it later, thanks.

My cp5000 emitted a low level flash everytime I shot an image no matter what the setting---including the "no flash" setting.

The only way I found to shut the flash off was to go to the menu and select the "reset" button (C).

Just finished uploading firmware 1.6 and the problem appears to have gone away.