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Canon 580 self repair
Lucas Jackson, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 4:23 PM on 05.17.06 |
->> I have a 580EX that decided it's little plastic foot thingie wasn't strong enough to withstand a nice drop so I need to repair it. I am in the process of getting CPS membership and since this is impact damage I don't think it is covered by any warranty. Now I have looked inside this little guy to see that the foot is basically just a piece of plastic hooked to a wiring harness that is really easy to undo and rehook up to the replacement part. Does anyone here know where I could get just this one part of the flash to repair it myself or does anyone have a totally spiked & destroyed (except this foot) 580 they want to unload for cheap?
Also, IF, I do this repair would it be safe to assume that the flash will go on working fine w/o any sort of calibration after this? I am used to stereo/car repair so electrical repairs are relatively easy and this one looks to be a cinch without calibration. Any ideas? Broken flashes? Or leads on where to get replacement parts?
Lucas |
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Scott Mussell, Student/Intern, Assistant
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Waterloo | IA | United States | Posted: 4:33 PM on 05.17.06 |
| ->> Lucas I've had this happen recently too. I thought that it would be an easy hot shoe mount repair but when I sent it in they told me there was internal damage to the flash. If I had tried to fix it myself, by just screwing it back together, it might have damaged a camera or worse me because the internal electrical mechanism was damaged pretty bad. I would say take it to your local Canon dealer and have them send it in or look at it and check it. If you get your CPS card soon I'd send it to them. Better safe than sorry. Hope this helps, -ScotT- |
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Lucas Jackson, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 5:10 PM on 05.17.06 |
| ->> awwww dang, why isn't Canon's shoes made out of metal like Nikon, I never had this problem with them :( |
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Max Simbron, Photographer, Assistant
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 6:23 PM on 05.17.06 |
->> I used these numbers as recently as last year, so I hope they didn't change
Canon Parts Department:
(732) 521-7888 (NJ)
(949) 753-4237 (CA)
Unfortunately, I don't have a 580ex parts list, but the parts folk are pretty nice, they might be able to figure out the part #. |
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Brett Flashnick, Photographer
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Columbia | SC | United States | Posted: 2:09 AM on 05.18.06 |
->> Canon Parts NJ office number is
732-521-7230
I ordered some missing screws and an extra foot for my 550ex last week... I didn't know the part number but the customer service reps have all the information there and had it all figured out in less than five minutes for 3 different parts... you just need to tell them what you need (be as descriptive as possible) and they'll do the rest.
Good Luck.. |
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Seh Suan Ngoh, Photographer
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Singapore | SG | Singapore | Posted: 2:10 AM on 05.18.06 |
| ->> Lucas, probably it makes enough sense that breaking a hotshoe is cheaper than servicing a camera body's hotshoe mount? My guess only. I mean, you can imagine how many screws to get to if you want to open up a camera body, as to much fewer on the flash. |
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Vasha Hunt, Photographer
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Opelika | AL | USA | Posted: 2:44 AM on 05.18.06 |
| ->> Unless the 580 is much easier than the 550, you may be better off paying for the repair - I did the 550 recently and it took over an hour of nerve-wracking detailed work. It saved me some cash, but if there's a next time, my inclination would be to send it in. Hope things work out OK for you. |
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Daniel Tunstall, Photographer
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Pearland (Houston) | TX | USA | Posted: 10:58 PM on 05.18.06 |
| ->> The 550EX requires a #0 and a #1 jewler's phillips screwdriver. Sure it is tedious, but with a little patience it is easy to fix. I put all the little parts in a CF card case to keep them straight. Rember the order they came out. If anyone needs a foot for a 550, I have two extras.. I was told CPS charges $125 for this fix, I did it for $5. The flash works fine and as far as I can tell, requires no calibration. Mine took a pretty hard hid from a refs knee on the sidelines that sent the flash flying.. |
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