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27-02-2011, 07:05 AM
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| | | Re: My Sigma 530 flash gun has failed.
Hi Graham,
I was playing around with flash on my 5D the other day, trying to use fill flash in AV mode. I couldn't understand why the shutter was always 1/200 until I realised that there is a custom function on the 5D to set the shutter to 1/200 in AV mode when using flash. For some reason I'd obviously selected this in the past. But the point is the custom function related to AV only which might explain why you found that TV and manual didn't use the fixed shutter speed. I haven't checked whether the 7D has the same custom function as the 5D but it's possible.
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27-02-2011, 11:01 AM
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| | | Re: My Sigma 530 flash gun has failed.
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Originally Posted by matt_xyz  Hi Graham,
I was playing around with flash on my 5D the other day, trying to use fill flash in AV mode. I couldn't understand why the shutter was always 1/200 until I realised that there is a custom function on the 5D to set the shutter to 1/200 in AV mode when using flash. For some reason I'd obviously selected this in the past. But the point is the custom function related to AV only which might explain why you found that TV and manual didn't use the fixed shutter speed. I haven't checked whether the 7D has the same custom function as the 5D but it's possible.
Matt | It is the same. If I'd looked correctly at the settings I'd have seen the AV function.  So please forget the rubbish I put above, should have looked at the settings more carefully!
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27-02-2011, 02:45 PM
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| | | Re: My Sigma 530 flash gun has failed.
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Originally Posted by glsammy It is the same. If I'd looked correctly at the settings I'd have seen the AV function. So please forget the rubbish I put above, should have looked at the settings more carefully! | lol, I won't tell you how long it took me to find out why my shutter was fixed at 1/200. Thankfully I worked it out before giving Canon's customer service the chance to tell me I was stuck with it! Quote:
Originally Posted by glsammy Still doesn't excuse Canon though! | I quite agree! 
Matt |
27-02-2011, 03:03 PM
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| | | Re: My Sigma 530 flash gun has failed.
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Originally Posted by matt_xyz lol, I won't tell you how long it took me to find out why my shutter was fixed at 1/200. Thankfully I worked it out before giving Canon's customer service the chance to tell me I was stuck with it!
I quite agree!
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