Nikon d5300

[Upatdawn]

hi all

ive a d5300 and a jessops dedicated external/hot shoe flash with TTL, Zoom, etc but sometimes the camera fash pops up with the Jessops mounted on the camera and sometimes it overexposes the image...

any thoughts?

[Nigel_O]

Can you borrow a Nikon flash? Should help you work out if it's the camera or the flash

[peter tdci]

On my Nikon (not a 5300), I can change a setting to turn auto flash off which stops the built in flash popping up. If you are shooting in auto mode, there might be a mode dial position to do this as well.

I'm surprised that having an external flash attached doesn't inhibit this though.

[Simpo Two]

My guess is you're shooting on Auto and the camera doesn't fully recognise the flash. So either take it off Auto (P for Program is the closest) or as suggested get a Nikon flashgun.