The auxiliary, fill in flash unit will not fire. can I fix it or must be sent to Metz?

It isa Xenon Flash TUBE. Too many people calling it a bulb :>D

I would send it in for professional repair.

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Unfortunately, from your description, the flash is completely done for - while a repair may be possible, I doubt if it would be economically worthwhile. Replacement is probably the only answer.
What may be more important is to find out why this occurred - is it down to the charger, the batteries or an internal problem with the flash ? Were the batteries those supplied by Metz, or a different make ? If they were Metz ones, then maybe you should inform the manufacturers, to help others avoid this problem, and you might get a replacement flash if it is a manufacturing problem.

take a silver paper and put in front of the slave censer when you take the photo flash on camera as master should go on silver paper OR used slaveunit

How do you know you need a "bulb"? (I suppose you call bulb the xenon tube.) The flash lamp - actually a low pressure xenon-gas filled discharge tube - is a long-lasting device, goes only wrong if cracked. After several thousands of full-power flashes it starts to become foggy a bit, thus somewhat decreasing the light output. If the flash does not fire, this is rarely an indication of a faulty tube. Some other reasons could result

Hi, Bad news for you.

Try this.

1. put new batteries in flash.
2. turn flash on off camera.
3. listen for capacitor to squeal (high pitched whistle). If you hear it it is charging. If not capacitor is bad.
4. Also should see flash ready light come on. If it does not same as #3 above.
5. If you pass #3 & 4# above press manual flash/check/test button on flash. No flash means bulb is out. It can be replaced.

Hope this fixed ya. Please rate. Good Luck! Comment back if you need further assistance.

If the Metz 44 is older then 3 years, than it's an software problem. I Had the same with the Metz 44AF-C and my EOS 30D. The same metz works well with mij Rebel (300D)

Tweety

ya you can try the Metz p76 battery pack this will overcome the problem

Take out batteries
Put in 4 new Energizer Lit. Bat in.
Turn on flash
Wait for the ready ready, fully charged
Press the test button out.
Flash should be able to be fired.

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Did you buy this used? Maybe the following problems: wires inside are loose or cold soldered. Flash tube has coated with film coating or flash head(inside)is dirty. Alexander [email protected]

I have tried a couple of external flashes on the 3000Z. It is my understanding from reading various Internet posts (and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong) that, other than triggering the flash to go off, there is no communication between the external flash in the hot shoe of the 3000Z and the 3000Z itself. Settings need to be made manually in the manual mode to set the f-stop and the aperture to get good exposures. The Metz flashes are expensive. Most have opted to use less expensive flashes such as the Vivitar 283/383, or a Sunpak, or even a "Wal-mart" flash. I chose an inexpensive bounce flash with a secondary "fill-in" flash to get rid of the shadows sometimes seen with indoor bounce flash pics. I purchased the Phoenix 82ZBDA Multi-dedicated twin flash from Porter's Photo Catalogue for $37.95. This flash works fine, but is not that powerful (GN 79 ). If you need a more powerful flash, you might consider the Vivitar 383.