ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

I have a canon T4i, canon speedlight 420EX-on tripod. Flash is set to A 1 as Slave
manual says to go to menu and select 2 Sec. timer, also to set up flash as EasyWireless on # 1. All done and the remote should when pressed an pointed at
camera focus and take the photo in 2 sec., which the remote is set to. This is a brand new canon remote and -Nothing Happens- I have been thru the manual several times an reset the setting several times and no GO. I also use BBF an was using it in LiveView at the time but see no reason why it is not working. If I press the BBF to
focus and then try the remote-Nothing. If I focus and press the shutter button manually both internal flash an the 420EX on slave about 10 feet away pointed at camera go off together in 2 sec. I am at my wits end an almost ready to toss them in
garbage. Any and all Help would be greatly appreciated.

northsidejoe Loc: pittsburgh

Hello if you are talking about shutter release you have to be in front of the camera the shutter sensor is in the front of the camera.
Hope this helps

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

Thanks but I new that. This is driving me nuts LOL :)

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

I use a Nikon, but seem to remember a thread about a similar situation and that the answer was that there was something in the main menu that needs to be set so that when you used the 2 second delay that the remote didn't cause the shutter button to try and reset the focus.

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

Thanks for the tip, I did a search at the top of window on uhh for Remote shooting
unfortunately nothing I found will help. Calling canon tomorrow morning 1st thing.
But thanks for the help! :) :)

jkatpc Loc: Virginia Beach

I shoot Nikon, also, but do you have the on camera flash set to master?

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

Yes the on camera flash has to be up so the flash can be set to EASY WIRELESS and also on channel 1 as is the speedlight on channel 1 so they should both go off with the canon wireless remote, but they don't. And the remote is Brand new. If I trip the shutter from the camera both flashes go off at 2 sec. perfectly. The Remote is giving
me the finger- I am not happy. So I put it all down an walked away. Canon will hear from me tomorrow about my problem. Thanks for the tip.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

I found the thread that I was remembering.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-392419-1.html

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

Thank you jethro for the link but I found the problem here it is:
Hello All: I found out why my flash an external flash would not work with the new remote I bought. Selecting the timing for the remote in the menu or by selecting the multiple photo button on the wheel comes up with 6 different settings. 1st is single 2nd is Multiple (3rd is the 10 sec., timer/Remote) that fixed it! Even if you have BBF turned on it works and if your using Live View works just as good. Thanks to all for your suggestions and tips, from reading from the OP down it made me think about what the manual said. I was reading the wrong part of the remote settings so I had it set wrong. For those of you who have had this problem the 3rd setting will work-if you have a Canon camera. What a day this has been, I went thru
3 sets of batteries for the flash and 2 batteries for the camera. I gonna need more batteries LOL Thanks to all You made me think harder!! My thanks to Leitz for letting me know I had posted in the wrong post, UHH members are here to help thanks alot both for your patience and help. problem Solved.