I was determined to restore the camera to working order today. At first, it was quite frustrating. I searched the manual for anything about the flash, but it wasn't really helpful for my particular situation. So I decided to go back and view the clip on YouTube which I discovered the other day where a very methodical chap describes all the buttons and what they are there for. It was a good refresher (I'd already forgotten how to delete unwanted pictures- and there were A LOT of them!) and it got me to thinking about how I might have mis-informed the camera of my intentions. So, after a couple of experiments and mistrials, I managed to enable the flash and voila! the camera was working again. How did I do it? Well, it's as much a mystery as to how I undid it in the first place. All I know is that I will not be disabling the flash again- EVER!
This was not actually taken with the Rebel- it's my little Canon shooting into the lens of the big Canon with some creepy arthritic fingers thrown in for good measure.
Note to self: No more experimenting. Find demos on YouTube from now on!
No need to comment- last of the massive uploads to get me back on track.
i never had this problem. i know i turned off the flash but it would still get triggered when there is low light and i would accidentally switch the dial mode into any of the auto settings. tell the camera to get used to you for a while. i'm coping with the 60D as it is a totally different animal with all the dials and buttons in different locations than the T3i. and here i was thinking let's switch.
I have had to restore to original settings a few times since buying my canon 100d a few months ago. I bought the canon rebel/100d book for dummies. It is not a book for dummies but quite useful . There is a 3 day coastal course which teaches all the mechanisms and also some photo shop and you do coastal shots near where I am staying on coast in Sussex so may well do that.
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! It all comes out in the wash as they say. Not to worry- I will learn this one way or another. It's just not going to happen in the 30 day period I was thinking too highly of myself as capable of doing! (If that makes sense- oh, simply put I had too high expectations!).
@neatz Thanks Anita! The course sounds great- especially since it's on the coast. I love the ocean!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! If the tutorials don't work, that will be the next step.
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! Will do- I had composed a wonderful and witty email to send you (which included the confession that I did not share one single bite of the chocolate) and then my laptop decided to act up. So it never got sent. I'll get to it some time today.
Cool editing Ann. One thing I do when I get a new camera is to sit down with the manual and try some of the settings in the manual. Then I do it again a month or two later, and again, and again....
@bill_fe Thanks Bill! That was my thought when I downloaded the manual. But I'm finding that I need a person (even if it's someone on the internet) saying, "This is your camera. Here is the power button..." and pointing to it. I thought I'd be able to get it by reading the manual. But my brain is losing something in the translation. I've found some pretty good tutorials and I will watch them and then practice the lesson until I get it down.
cool abstract look. I have the flash off on one camera and do not have a clue how to turn it back on. It is very easy to turn on and turn off the flash on another camera I have. When I got my camera, I methodically tried out every button and setting, However, it is fun to explore and experiment.
@daisymiller Thanks Daisy! I think if it was mine outright I wouldn't worry about experimenting- but since it's not mine, I'm very mindful of not pushing or doing something to the camera that might damage it or break it. I'm glad I can ask a couple of folks at the camera club for direction. And just familiarizing myself with the buttons has been a step in the right direction.
Nice abstract, Ann. You can't tell what it's a shot of. I am so glad I don't have a fancy camera now. You have been describing scenarios that would make me pull my own hair out and jump out my second floor window!
August 8th, 2014
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@neatz Thanks Anita! The course sounds great- especially since it's on the coast. I love the ocean!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! If the tutorials don't work, that will be the next step.
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!