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eos m6 mkii - no wireless flash control

Started Oct 8, 2019 | Discussions thread
kli
kli Veteran Member • Posts: 4,589
Re: eos m6 mkii - no wireless flash control

Renard DellaFave wrote:

Thread rez, but I didn't see any mention of using a cheap ($20-$30) hot shoe extension cord. It's enough to be able to put it on a bracket further from the lens, though (of course) you can't use the EVF at the same time.

I was very disappointed to find out that the M6.2 doesn't have optical shutter release or flash trigger, to use with a 270EX II flash (which can be a RC-6 - like trigger).

What I'm going to try is getting a EL-100 to mount on the camera, which seems to add IR send and receive,

Looked in the user manual. It does have both send/master and receive/slave functions. And yes, the M6ii should be able to use it as an on-camera sender.

Hoping the 270 can be a slave flash that way.

Did a quick spelunk through the user manuals: the 270EX has no wireless capability. But the 270EX II can be used as an optical slave unit. Make sure the red front panel is facing the EL100 so it can "see" the signalling.

On the 270EX II, you just slide the on/slave/off switch to slave. You cannot set the channel or group. It's always in channels 1-4, and Group A, according to the user manual, page 17-18.

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