mark_gulbrandsen2

<p>You were right <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5171764">wgk22 </a>, it was a stuck pin and there was alot of debris around it was well. I've cleaned up that area under the flash and the pin now moves freely. Sad that Canon wold have charged me 300 bucks to do the same simpleton task! Flash is now working consistantly good. Thank You!</p>

<p>Mark</p>

<p>When I use the button to pop up my flash I get Error 05 on the LCD screen and three loud clicks from the mechanical action inside the camera. I did a Google on this problem and other Canon digital cameras have had the same problem, however unlike others that have had stuck flashes this flash does not get stuck and pops up just fine. The readout says to turn the camera off then back on again. Same thing happens. And still no flash. I also do not get the flash ready readout in the viewfinder. Then all of a sudden the flash might start working all by itself and for the remainder of the shoot it is also fine. Canon repair wants 200 bucks to repair it (flat rate) and I'm so frustrated with it that I'd almost prefer to just video it getting run over by a steam roller and post it on You-Tube. Since the lenses I have for it are also pretty mediocre I am leary of putting 200 bucks into repairing this thing but at the same time I am also leary of spending big bucks on purchasing decent glass for it. I will also add that back in the late 70's-early 80's I was a repair tech at Canon factory service in Elmhurst, Il. I mainly worked on AE-1's and A-1's at the time but back then they had 4 tiers of repair rates (A,B,C,D). In spite of my Canon background I really wish I had bought the Nikon 60D instead as Nikon seems to have a better service set up than the present day Canon does as well as better glass.<br>

Thanks in advance for any insight to this problem!<br>

Mark</p>