Any 350D users around here? flash pop-out too strong?

mobby · 4th April 2005

Hi everyone,

Did any one notice if when you use the flash, the recoil of the internal flash opening is too strong during pop out and it actually hits the end and rebouces back abit before it fully open out?

Is it normal of it is time for me to bring it back to Service center to reduce some stress on the spring?

lutz · 5th April 2005

Yea it's strong alright. I usually put a finger there to "catch" the flash.

yanyewkay · 5th April 2005

i don't feel it should matter..

stronger means pop up faster.
then again.. ahah i don't own a 350D

jsbn · 5th April 2005

Matters not to me. I rarely use internal flash these dayz anyway.

CLQ · 5th April 2005

i feel my 20D flash pops out hard too, so as what lutz say, i normally use my finger to block the flash as it pops out and then slowly let is move to the full height...

SkyLooker · 5th April 2005

this is normal for pop up flash. use your finger to control it flip out

Goldenstars08 · 5th April 2005

Is normal...

mobby · 5th April 2005

oh.. thanks everyone...

was worry that the stength will damage the plastic... will use my finger as cushion now...

scud · 5th April 2005

use external flash lor, so no more complaint. btw, i dont own 350D nor 300D.

AReality · 5th April 2005

I use my chin to stop it from popping out too strongly...

coldfish · 7th April 2005

strange, wouldn't you just adjust the FEC setting which should suffice?
Well, I do occasionally smear my facial oil (yeah, I've got very oily face) over it to soften the flash...

Pablo · 7th April 2005

Hi,

I have used the 300D, 350D and 20D at work (I sell them) and have noticed that they all flashes tend to snap up.

I would believe it to be normal and imagine that Canon would test the activation many times,
along with every other part of the proto type camera before they release it.

Therefore, under normal use (what ever that is

) I would imagine it will last a long time.

Cheers

4th April 2005	#1
mobby Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ysh ,SGP Posts: 97	Any 350D users around here? flash pop-out too strong? Hi everyone, Did any one notice if when you use the flash, the recoil of the internal flash opening is too strong during pop out and it actually hits the end and rebouces back abit before it fully open out? Is it normal of it is time for me to bring it back to Service center to reduce some stress on the spring?

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yanyewkay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cons digger. Posts: 4,046	i don't feel it should matter.. stronger means pop up faster. then again.. ahah i don't own a 350D __________________ “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.” - Adolf Hitler

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Goldenstars08 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,139	Is normal... __________________ Photography first, Food always.

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AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,397	I use my chin to stop it from popping out too strongly... __________________ . The Visual Journalist

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coldfish Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Mother Earth Posts: 363	strange, wouldn't you just adjust the FEC setting which should suffice? Well, I do occasionally smear my facial oil (yeah, I've got very oily face) over it to soften the flash... __________________ There is no spoon.

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lutz Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 59	Yea it's strong alright. I usually put a finger there to "catch" the flash.

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jsbn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Planet Eropagnis Posts: 2,977	Matters not to me. I rarely use internal flash these dayz anyway.

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CLQ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tampines & Sydney Posts: 257	i feel my 20D flash pops out hard too, so as what lutz say, i normally use my finger to block the flash as it pops out and then slowly let is move to the full height...

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SkyLooker Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 61	this is normal for pop up flash. use your finger to control it flip out

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scud Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,701	use external flash lor, so no more complaint. btw, i dont own 350D nor 300D.

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Pablo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Blue/Green Planet Posts: 1,855	Hi, I have used the 300D, 350D and 20D at work (I sell them) and have noticed that they all flashes tend to snap up. I would believe it to be normal and imagine that Canon would test the activation many times, along with every other part of the proto type camera before they release it. Therefore, under normal use (what ever that is ) I would imagine it will last a long time. Cheers __________________ Time, is an effortless construction :)