Neewer NW670 TTL Flash problems

3 years 4 months ago #705825 by Thomas S
Anyone have experience with the Neewer NW670 flash?  I bought this for my wife, however it only fires about 4 out of 10 times.  I have changed out the batteries a couple times.  We are using it with the Neewer trigger system.  

Is it the flash or triggers?  


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3 years 4 months ago #705830 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Thomas

I do not know of this exact flashgun - but in principle, they all operate much the same way. What you need to do is isolate the components and determine where the problem lies

With fresh batteries installed, take the flash in your hand and turn it 'on'
Q- time how long it takes before the 'ready' light comes on

Fire the flash via the test button - do this 10 - 15 - 20 times
Q- how many times does it fire via the test button?
Q- how does the recharge time alter during those 20 or so test flashes?

Presuming a) that the flash fires all the time, and b) you were not trying to re-flash (in camera earlier) before the ready light came 'on' ... how did the flash perform? - does it seem okay to you? in other words

Once you have settled that the actual flash is working, then look into the triggers
How are they operated? --- are their batteries okay?
btw .... are the triggers the old-fashioned optical triggers? or the newer digital-camera triggers (ie: that operate on the second impulse not the first impulse)

Give some of this a try and come back with more data for us to ponder over :)

Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
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