X-T1G - Flash Mode Greyed Out

[RRX]

Hello Fuji X Forum,

 

I'm a new X Series user, just joined the club today. Hello everyone...

 

After researching and been trying for a while, I still am not able to get the flash fired on my X-T1 Graphite Edition. The Flash Mode setting greyed out all the time.

 

The firmware version is 3.10 and necessary setting to get the flash to work was done accordingly including: 

 

Silent Mode = OFF

Shutter Type = Mechanical (I've tried with M & E with the same result)

Preview Exp. in Manual Mode = OFF

 

The flash EF-X8 that comes with the X-T1 was used and popped up...

 

Does anyone has had similar problem...?  Any suggestion or recommendation...any way that I can check if the X-T1 flash option or the EF-X8 is OK?

 

Thanks & Regards,

RR.

 

 

 

 

 

[Patrick FR]

Normally this happens with silent mode enabled... but since yours is switched to off, this is not the case with your X-T1.

 

The Flash could not fire also because battery level is low.

 

The flash also doesn't work if your camera is in CH or CL modus.

[Antony]

It's very easy (some would say too easy) to accidentally change the drive mode when changing the ISO.with the changes made on the X-T10 I believe the Fuji engineers have recognized this, and I expect this to be corrected in the X-T2.

[RRX]

Patrick & Antony, you both were right, the drive mode accidentally changed to CL, the flash fired OK after I switched it back to S. Many Thanks.

[benjaminthomson]

Face Detection can randomly mess with flash too.

[marcelo_valente]

I had some similar experience when I got my X-E2. It was late at night when I got it, so, not to wake the family up I put it in silent mode.

When it was time to test the flash...it did not fire. I live in Brazil and my dad brought the camera from the US for me, so, returning or fixing anything is kind of difficult. So I was sweating desperately...until I figured out that the silent mode turned off the flash.

Now, instead of silent mode, I turn the beeper volume all the way down instead. I actually never turned the beeper back on but trained myself to rely on the focus box turning green.