Canon 6D II problem with 430 EX II

Hey folks,

I’ve purchased a 6D Mark II to replace my original 6D and have a problem with my 430 EX II.

I’m shooting in manual mode for the 6D and E-TTL for the 430 with the speedlite in the hotshoe, and am getting completely different flash exposures from time to time while takig a series of the same shots.

I have 3x430 EX II speedlites and all have the same issue. I never had this issue with the original 6D and the same speedlites.

Since I work with a flash most of the time during events you can imagine how this is a ball breaker.

Before I go through the troubles of shipping the camera to canon, I was hoping someone here would have some advice on the isssue.

Thanks!!

dvet said:

Hey folks,

I’ve purchased a 6D Mark II to replace my original 6D and have a problem with my 430 EX II.

I’m shooting in manual mode for the 6D and E-TTL for the 430 with the speedlite in the hotshoe, and am getting completely different flash exposures from time to time while taking a series of the same shots. ...

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How different, samples? By series, are you shooting a burst or in quick succession? Could be the 430EXs can't cycle fast enough to keep up with the 6D II's higher frame rate.

Rarely I've had that issue with a 6D1 and 5D4 and the older 580 flash. When it malfunctions it's a solid white image. As mentioned, it is rare and random.

Maybe as a long shot clean the contacts on the hot shoe and take out the battery of the body for a few seconds.

Kent

thanks for the replies.

thats the interesting thing: with my original 6D it happened sometime that the image was completely white. all I had to do is put the flash in the hotshoe again and then it was fine.

with the 6D II though, I am shooting a burst without moving the camera or anything being changed and some images are brighter then others, but not completely blown out. I would say +/- 2 EV...

Perhaps if you can answer the questions posed to you above (like - was this a burst and posting some samples), you may get a better response.

Colin

For payed events use 600 flash, not smaller.

You get white over exposed picture when the flash is not pushed in all the way.

Yehuda

Andy01 said:

Perhaps if you can answer the questions posed to you above (like - was this a burst and posting some samples), you may get a better response.

Colin

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yeah, it was a burst. unfortunately, i cannot post any samples...

Recharging issues? The 430 has less capacity than a 580 or 600 would have.