I dont mind the egos on the canon or Nikon. The biggest struggle with Canon for for me is the flash unit, my 550ex or whatever they are calling it these days does not like to stay on to the Shoe with the tiny sliding pice of plastic they call a LOCK. Now where the bottom of my flash unit is coming apart and the little section that sperates itself from the rest of the flash body is "showing it's innards" and then when engaged on top of my Canon it either fires, misfires, I got to hold it on steady with my hand or i get a big white picture due to the poorest contact between shoe and flash.
anyone have this issue with their flash units and canon. This one problem is driving me towards Nikon. I hear Nikon flash system is very good.
Does Canon fix flash units?
Canon will fix your flash. Expect about 125.00 min.
I have the 580 & the 580 II and I have never had a problem with them
except for the fact I dropped one.
Get a micro screwdriver & tighten the screws on the flash and on the hotshoe.
Once again yes, Nikon has a much better flash system but the new Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT is pretty
amazing. I had a brief look at it and the 1DX this weekend in St. Augustine.
Hello, I do have the 580EXII flash. Now where the lock latch is, and when you go to lock the flash in--the part that seems to be loose regardless of being on the camera shoe or not is the rubber piece that is just under/supporting the metal connectors on the flash unit. That is the part that loose? Its the part that is right under or "supporting the metal flash unit connectors--its all loose and moves around a lot/
is this fixable by the screw?
or does this sound like I need to send it in to Canon?
i dont know what is holding the shoe contacts on the flash, the section of the shoe contacts on the flash--at that rubber support is were it is very loose and seems to be separating from the rest of the flash unit? so its the flash unit not anything at this point to do with the shoe on the camera
anyone help