Nikon D7000 problem with the wireless transmitter?
I hope someone can help me in this.
I have a Nikon D7000 and a yongnuo wireless transmitter and an off-camera flash.
They were all working fine together until my son fidgeted with the camera. (I'm not sure if he dropped it or just pressed the buttons. I'm sure he did not change anything inside the camera menu, maybe just the buttons on the outside of the camera). But now the camera doesn't seem to send a signal to the transmitter. When I press the test button on the transmitter, the off camera flash is fired. When I connect the flash directly to the camera, it works too. But when the transmitter is on the camera and i click the shutter, the flash doesn't fire. Sorry if i'm using the wrong technical words. Not a big expert.
I hope that makes sense to someone.
Thanks for any help!
Added (1). Thanks to everyone answering but please remember that when I press the transmitter's test button, it fires the flash. So i'm assuming that the connection between the transmitter and the flash is OK.
The shutter button of the camera is not firing the flash when it is OFF CAMERA.
Make sure your son did not change any of the little switch positions for the channel on the yongnuo transmitter or receiver, and make sure the batteries are still in correctly. The switch positions (usually under the battery) should be set to the same on both yongnuo units.
Yep! He touched the transmitter.
The problem lies in the connection between the transmitter and the flash. Set transmitter and flash to sync again.
In the menu e3, make sure it is in Commander mode.
Follow the instructions on pages 225-227 of your manual.
Can you tell that some of the folks here don't actually read the question?
Look at the transmitter mount and make sure it isn't broken. There should be a center contact, and there should be a small metal piece on one side of the mount as well. If the shoe is broken or the small contact on the side is out of place, the transmitter won't receive the flash command from the camera. Also check the hot shoe and make sure it isn't bent. There's a small contact on the inner right-hand (from the back) in the hot shoe as well. Look at it and make sure it isn't missing or bent.
Make sure the transmitter is seated properly in the shoe and locked down.
Put the camera in manual mode to test, keep any automatic stuff out of the loop when troubleshooting.
The issue is between the shoe and transmitter contacts. Luckily, if you can't beat it into submission, a new one is cheap.
You did a great job of troubleshooting this.
1. When you press the xmit button -> the connection from xmit to flash is working. - your assumption is a fact.
2. When I connect flash to camera --> the camera and hot shoe is working.
3. BUT when xmitter is on camera --> That means - based on 1 & 2 - that the xmitter is the problem. Either the hot shoe or the circuitry between the hot shoe and test button.
4. The only other issue might be a channel selector sw or program selection if the xmitter has one - which controls the above mentioned circuitry. UNLESS the flash itself has the selector/programming.