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I have a Canon S5 IS. When I try to use the flash, it will not work nor will the camera take a picture. It will capture pictures without the flash. The flash worked about a month ago.
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Canon Directly. They will have you send it in and they will look at it.
if it is less than a year old and no signs of abuse they should fix it
free of charge.
It will also be quicker working with them directly instead of trying to go through a repair center..
There are many setting that can affect whether the flash works or not. You may have inadvertently set something that is stopping the flash from working.
Get out your User Manuals and use the index at the back of the book. Look for something about "Resetting the camera".
This will reset the camera to factory specifications. Then see if the flash works.
If that does not work ... recharge the battery and try again.
The camera will not flash in the sport setting unless you have a speed flash attached. because the sport setting is made for taking pictures at a fast pace and the internal flash does not charge fast enough.
Some one might have messed up with your camera.
some one might have changed the resolution, aperture, manual focus etc of the camera.
Try setting them according to your needs or try resetting the camera.
A stuck shutter is a common failure mode for digital cameras. The symptoms of a stuck or "sticky" shutter are very similar to CCD image sensor failure. The camera may take black pictures (for shutter stuck closed), or the pictures may be very bright and overexposed, especially when taken outdoors (for shutter stuck open).
To confirm a stuck shutter, put the camera in any mode other than "Auto", and turn the flash OFF (you don't want to blind yourself for the next step). Next look down the lens and take a picture. You should see a tiny flicker in the center of the lens as the shutter opens and closes. If no movement is seen, then you likely have a stuck shutter. If so, please see the following for further info and a simple fix that may help:
Im sure that model of Flash. Does the minolta flash fit the hot shoe of the Canon?
If it does then I would first try seting the flash to manual mode and adjusting that.
Let me know if the Flash does not fit and I will try to help you from there.
Take Care,
Caleb
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