leica q2m: lightpix flashq q20 II won't fire in flash mode

[vir2l2k]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

hi all, is there anything I'm missing, the flash q will only fire if the video light is on, not if it's not? I think it was working before now it doesn't. transmitter is on and flash def. fires, but just not without the video light on mode...

[Fernanda]

Having the same problem, did you find a solution?

[Advertisement]

The Leica Q3 is available for pre-order at B&H Photo Video and Adorama

[invisibleAnts]

Hi there! I can’t get my FlashQ Q20ii to flash unless the video modeling light is on. (The blue mode.)

 

Help?

[jaapv]

Despite the optimistic description this flash is not compatible with Leica. The only flashes that are fully compatible with Leica are Leica branded ones. Flashes that sync over the central contact will usually work in automatic or manual mode, without things like auto zoom, TTL, etc and may malfunction through the communication contacts. 

[thegobi]

Curious — maybe this is an intermittent fault? Mines works fine…

I never expected it to be ‘compatible’ at all though— I always regarded it as a dumb manual flash and it works pretty well at that.

I vaguely remember there being different versions of this flash for different cameras. Mine is just the bog standard manual one. Maybe that’s the difference?

Just to be clear: on the switch that says:

normal
S1
S2
Modeling

…you are setting it to ‘normal’ and it isn’t working any more?