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I bought a couple of inexpensive Neewer flashes to use occasionally (camera club etc). I tried one of them out of the box on-camera to test the in-camera menus (Canon EOS M5) and E TTL functions. All seemed to work well together with flash and camera communicating seamlessly. I then tried a few indoor test shots and got very mixed results, using bounce flash in ETTL. Some of the shots were exposed correctly, some the flash did not fire and came out near black (ambient exposure turned way down for test) and some where the flash fired but the image didn't show this, i.e. the exposure was the same for no flash (black). I have no problem with the flash not firing at all as the test batteries were alkaline and not brand new, so there's a good chance I was shooting before the flash recycled. But i'm unsure as the why the flash would fire but not expose. I have a theory that perhaps the batteries had enough power for the pre-flash, which is what I saw, but the main flash didn't fire hence the black exposure.
Once I have my main batteries recharged I can give the flash a proper test but in the interim has anyone else experienced similar issues?
Thanks
Once I have my main batteries recharged I can give the flash a proper test but in the interim has anyone else experienced similar issues?
Thanks