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Please help me understand the built in flash on the Nikon D3100
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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 214066" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>This does not sound good for the internal flash. The internal flash should ALWAYS fire if a) the door is open and ready, AND b) the camera is in A, S, P, or M modes. Metering mode is not a factor, flashing only depends on the flash door being open. </p><p></p><p>In the various Auto or Scene modes, then the flash is more dependent on the light level metered (door opens automatically), but camera A, S, P, or M modes will trigger it if the door is open, regardless.</p><p></p><p>So possibly it could be door switch problem, simply not recognizing the door is open? Such issue is not unheard of. If it sometimes fires, it would NOT be a bad flash tube.</p><p></p><p>Moot point, does not help, but I was curious if it worked any better in the Auto or Scene modes? If those do open the door automatically, but the flash does not fire, that sounds like a door switch issue. But I am guessing, the actual logic the software does in those modes is not known to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 214066, member: 12496"] This does not sound good for the internal flash. The internal flash should ALWAYS fire if a) the door is open and ready, AND b) the camera is in A, S, P, or M modes. Metering mode is not a factor, flashing only depends on the flash door being open. In the various Auto or Scene modes, then the flash is more dependent on the light level metered (door opens automatically), but camera A, S, P, or M modes will trigger it if the door is open, regardless. So possibly it could be door switch problem, simply not recognizing the door is open? Such issue is not unheard of. If it sometimes fires, it would NOT be a bad flash tube. Moot point, does not help, but I was curious if it worked any better in the Auto or Scene modes? If those do open the door automatically, but the flash does not fire, that sounds like a door switch issue. But I am guessing, the actual logic the software does in those modes is not known to me. [/QUOTE]
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