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I've been working on my submerged flower series in the studio lately. To achieve the lighting effect, I use my older 580EX flash to bounce light off a reflector and a (gasp) non-Canon flash for frontal light, both fired with a Godox trigger and receivers. Today, near the end of the shoot, my 580EX suddenly stopped working. It was extremely hot, hotter than usual. While it typically gets warm due to the number of consecutive exposures, this was different. The batteries (rechargeable Eneloops) were also incredibly hot (again, hotter than usual). The flash shows it's powered on, but the pilot button won't light up, and the flash won't fire. I waited about half an hour for it to cool down, replaced the batteries with a fresh set, but the issue persists—power is on, but the flash still won’t fire, either with the pilot button or when mounted on the camera. Have I killed the flash? It's probably not worth sending back to Canon given its age (I'm the original owner, I think I bought it new back in 2005 or 2006), I'd hate to replace it (and why do these things happen just when I retire and no longer have as much disposable income!)
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Thanks in advance for any advice.