The flash button just plain has no effect and the flash strength is always grayed out.
I cannot tell if this is some hardware failure, perhaps the flash unit position sensor
or a hiccup in the installed firmware that has deactivated the flash features.
Second question would be if CHDK has any features that could bypass the unresponsive camera flash controls to determine if the fault is either hardware or software.
Finally would a firmware update/re-flash possibly fix the issue and what is the best way to do that.
Thanks, I couldn't remember what the software behavior was before the thing went on the blink so if flash unavailability causes those features to be disabled I would suspect the micro switch is to blame.
If you switch the camera to AUTO mode on the dial you can see if the flash micro-switch is working by just raising and lowering the flash. With the flash down the flash icon will show the flash disabled, raise it and the icon should change to auto flash.If you've been using an external flash, or had anything else in the hotshoe, then there is another small switch in there that might be stuck down which will disable the built-in flash. On each side of the hotshoe is a metal strip that is pushed down when something is inserted. On the right side about halfway along the strip you should see a small black button under the strip. If you can't see this then the button may be stuck down in the camera.Phil.
When shooting in dark conditions in AUTO I get no Flash status at all, only a camera shake warning. Also I do not believe this camera is equipped with a hotshoe.
Quote from: philmoz on 07 / April / 2013, 19:15:17If you switch the camera to AUTO mode on the dial you can see if the flash micro-switch is working by just raising and lowering the flash. With the flash down the flash icon will show the flash disabled, raise it and the icon should change to auto flash.If you've been using an external flash, or had anything else in the hotshoe, then there is another small switch in there that might be stuck down which will disable the built-in flash. On each side of the hotshoe is a metal strip that is pushed down when something is inserted. On the right side about halfway along the strip you should see a small black button under the strip. If you can't see this then the button may be stuck down in the camera.Phil.When shooting in dark conditions in AUTO I get no Flash status at all, only a camera shake warning. Also I do not believe this camera is equipped with a hotshoe.
If you still don't see the flash status icon under the word AUTO, even when the battery and other info is showing, then the hotshoe switch is broken and the camera thinks there is something plugged into the hotshoe.
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