This may just be user error, but something odd happened last week while shooting with the 420EX/Elan7E. I was taking pictures with the flash mounted, screwed in, and turned on. All of a sudden, the camera wouldn't recognize the flash (the flash indicator in the viewfinder was not lighting and the meter in P mode was not defaulting to 1/60). Turning the flash off, then on did not help. But unmounting the flash and re mounting it did alleviate the problem. This happened once before to me, but I forgot how I solved the problem.
Initially, I thought that I just didn't have the flash mounted correctly. However, the flash was mounted all the way and it was tightened on the camera. Was it the batteries? Or a weird malfunction? Or just simply that I didn't mount the flash correctly, and it was a little hard to tell. Also, the flash is starting to act sluggish again and I am thinking of going to rechargeable batteries (NiMH). Is there anything I should know about NiMH in general? Are there any specific recommended brands of batteries and chargers? Thanks in advance. Tom D * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
