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Converting to Canon R6 mark 2 from 5D mark f4 flash considerations

AndyWhale — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:47:01 GMT

I’m a professional photographer about to transition from studio to location weddings and location shoots I’ve got a canon 5DMk4 and I’m gonna change over to Canon R6 Mark 2 I have a Canon EL1 flash. I find it too big and bulky for R6 so I was gonna get an EL5 if I get the EL5 would it be possible for me to use it on top of the camera and fire off the EL1 one independently (wirelessly)- say off camera with an umbrella . Is that possible with the R62 and this flash set up? Thank you

Re: Converting to Canon R6 mark 2 from 5D mark f4 flash considerations

deebatman316 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:41:14 GMT

Yes both the EL-1 & EL-5 support radio wireless. It’s the flash units that support the wireless features. NOT the camera body. The camera body doesn’t have the hardware to do so.

Re: Converting to Canon R6 mark 2 from 5D mark f4 flash considerations

AndyWhale — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:09:25 GMT

Many thanks Demetrius,

So I can use the EL-5 On the R6 MK 2 and trigger the EL1 remotely via the shutter activation yes ?

Best Andy

Re: Converting to Canon R6 mark 2 from 5D mark f4 flash considerations

deebatman316 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:49:32 GMT

Yes but the on camera speedlite needs to have wireless turned on and set to “Sender” mode. The off camera speedlite needs to be set “Reciever” mode. In addition to that it needs to be set to wireless radio mode. The EL-1 supports 2 different and INCOMPATIBLE wireless firing modes. In your case it needs to be set to wireless radio mode. Instead of the older optical line of sight system. The EL-5 supports only Radio wireless. The manual for both speedlites have instructions on using wireless flash. For the EL-1 you’ll need to look at the wireless radio section. The on camera speedlite is called the “Sender” Speedlite. The off camera speedier is called the “Reciever” Speedlite. On older speedlites different terms were used but they function the same way. The older terms were master and slave. Master in this case means the same thing as “Sender”. Which is the on camera speedlite. Then Slave means the same thing as “Reciever” this is the off camera flash.

Re: Converting to Canon R6 mark 2 from 5D mark f4 flash considerations

AndyWhale — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:54:53 GMT

That's brilliant, thanks so much for that. I'll make sure to check the settings on the speedlites .Really appreciated 🙂 Best Andy