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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 392832" data-attributes="member: 12496">That does not sound good then, the hot shoe does not work like that.  The manual flash should fire in sync and I cannot imagine what could keep it from syncing at 1/60 second shutter, or anything you could do to prevent it.   We can imagine things if a remote flash, but hot shoe just has the one possibility.   You say unaffected, but I assume the flash is actually firing?  In a lighted room, it can be hard to tell in the viewfinder, since the mirror raises to close off that view during the shutter. I'm sorry, I don't know... it does sound like a hardware problem.   Some way to try the flash on a different camera, or the camera with a different flash might lead somewhere, at least to confirm the problem.</blockquote>