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Re: EOS RP external flash suggestions
Michael R A A wrote:
... is there anything I can try before buying a new flash? Eg. Adaptors, triggers, settings, magic tricks??
Not if you want TTL. You could use a single-pin adapter, and maybe use it as manual-only, but it's pretty much a no-go as you suspected.
Second part, If I have to buy a new flash, I am looking into something cheap and lightweight like the godox tt350c, would it work properly with the full auto mode and auto adjust its power without me interfering?
Should. But I'd recommend learning to shoot flash with the camera in M mode, so you can fully control flash/ambient balance, rather than leaving it up to the camera.
Because I read somewhere that the RP only allows ETTL with full auto shooting for canon ex/el flashes and nothing else - is this true?
No. There's currently a bug with the R5/R6 bodies that eTTL II fires at full power if you're trying to use TTL+HSS simultaneously. But without HSS, TTL works fine, and in M, HSS works fine. And it's only those two camera bodies.
Whatever you do, avoid the EL-5. That one will only work on an R3/R7/R10/R8, etc. body with the new multi-function hotshoe.
Honestly I don't want to adjust anything when it comes to using the flash apart from aiming and bouncing off the lights
If you don't want to have to do the aiming, you could also look at the 470EX-AI (no it does not take years of experience to learn to choose a bounce direction (eyeroll).
This is just me, but instead of a TT350-C, if you can take the additional weight/bulk (it's sized much like a 580EX II or 600EX II-RT, I'd suggest looking at the $130 TT685 II-C or finding a used TT685C instead of the TT350.
The head swivels 330º on the Mk II, 360º on the Mk I, and it has twice as much light output, both of which make them better bounce-flash units than a TT350 or your Sigma 610 DG.
If you never plan on using a flash off-camera with remote radio control, you could also look at the Nissin i400/i40/i600/i60A. 360º swivel and more power/light output (runs on 4xAA) than a 2xAA-powered unit like the TT350 or the EL-100.
The EL-100 is probably the best fit, weight/features wise, but has no built-in radio remote control if you eventually want to go Strobist (at which point, Godox gear is hella less expensive than Canon RT gear).
and I don't want to spend that much on a canon flash because I am only using the camera occasionally for events and gatherings and I don't know what to do with the old equipment, even shops refused to buy the old rebel saying it's too old
Now you now why a lot of folks get an older camera body infrared-converted.