SOURCE: Rebel XT error 05
I had the same err 05 problem on my canon 350d. But there was no need to remove or open anything! If you have the camera in front of you looking at the lens, you can see a tiny black switch hidden under the flash. On the right side where the flash is attached to the body you can find a fine black piece of plastic sticking out of the camera body (smaller than 2mm. This switch can easily get stuck with some dust (or a grain of sand in my case)
Carefully clean it (with an ear stick) so it can go up down again as the flash goes open or is closed. (It somehow serves as a mechanical sensor)
This solved my error 05. Remember that this is just a general Flash error indication and there could be another problem triggering the warning.
SOURCE: Err 05
In my case, I borrowed a camera and when I got it back, err 05 appears.
I've located a bit of old orange juice which sticked one of the sensors
- you can see the sensors when flash is popped out.
SOURCE: CANON REBEL XT -CF card error
Take a look inside your camera's CF card slot. I suspect that you may have a bent pin in there. If so, you may elect professional repair (likely more than you'd be willing to pay), or you might want to try the following.
Remove batteries and card. Use a small/skinny jeweler's flat screwdriver to bend the pin back as close as possible. The jeweler's screwdrivers that you see at the dollar store will work fine. Another tool that I sometimes use is a stiff wire with a bent hook on the end to get very flattened pins started. Take your time and use as much patience as you can muster (take a breather in between if needed). Just keep nudging it upward/straighter a "tiny bit at a time". Whatever you do, don't try to unbend it with one push/nudge, you won't be able to do it.
It doesn't have to be perfect, just as close as you can get it. When it's the best that you can get it, take your flash card and "SLOWLY" insert it. The card itself should fine-align the pin. Remove the card, and verify that the pin is still straightened. If so, reinsert the card and try it out.
SOURCE: Canon EOS/Rebel XT won't power up
Joe, this happened to me, just tonight... I got a new CF card and stuck it in, turned it on and one CF card flash. Completely dead from there. I found one of the CF card pins bent over, shorted out the socket and blew the mainboard fuse. I took the camera apart, found the fuse (labelled K) about under the set button area) I bridged the fuse with a bit of solder, straightened out the pin in the socket, put it all back together and it's working fine. The fuse is under the right side shield cover, it's labelled with a letter K. There is another fuse on the power inlet board (below the shutter button) and it's labelled 'P'...
SOURCE: No Rebel XT driver for Vista
Try changing the "communication" setting on the camera from "PC Computer" to "PTP"
Menu > Tools2 (wrench/hammer/2) Communication = Print/PTP
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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. I JUST CAME FROM A CAMERA SHOP THAT TOLD ME I HAD TO RETURN MY CAMERA TO CANON TO GET THE FLASH REPAIRED. I RESEARCHED THE CANON WEBSITE AND WAS PREPARING TO CONTACT UPS TO MAIL MY CAMERA OUT OF STATE WHEN I SAW YOUR SOLUTION. I DECIDED TO CHECK MY CAMERA AND WHEN I APPLIED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL TO THE FLASH SENSOR, MY EOS REBEL T6 (w) CAMERA STARTED WORKING PERFECTLY AGAIN! I LOVE THIS CAMERA. IT TAKES AWESOME PICTURES - EVEN IN LOW LIGHT - BUT IT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING ME FOR SOME TIME NOW DUE TO THIS "ERR 05". THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
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