topic Trouble using hot shoe on EOS R6 V in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Trouble using hot shoe on EOS R6 V

leohow63 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:15:39 GMT

I recently acquired an EOS R6 V, the one thing I noticed is there is no center pin on the hot shoe for firing studio strobes, so, I ordered the Canon AD-E1 Multi-Function Shoe Adapter which is supposed to give me the center pin and allow me to fire studio strobes using a wireless trigger, or a cable, this also seems to not work, I have been reading a lot of different threads/posts and now I am learning that the option to fire studio strobes via the hotshoe is not active, but there is supposedly a firmware upgrade coming that will enable this, I cannot seem to get a straight answer one way or another. I realize this camera is supposed to be mainly a video camera, but it would be nice to be able to use all functions. can someone give me the scoop on whether or not this camera will function to fire strobe via the hotshoe center pin.

Re: Canon EOS R6 V

deebatman316 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:22:01 GMT

@leohow63 did you mount the adapter and the flash first before turning on the camera. If not the flash won’t fire at all. Make sure the shutter mode is set to EFCS or Full Mechanical. The fully electronic shutter will not fire the flash.

Re: Canon EOS R6 V

FloridaDrafter — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:07:36 GMT

@deebatman316 wrote:

Make sure the shutter mode is set to EFCS or Full Mechanical. The fully electronic shutter will not fire the flash.

Correct (as of now) and I'm pretty sure the R6V only has electronic shutter.

@leohow63 From what I've read, Canon is supposed to eventually make the camera more compatible with "accessories", whatever that means.

Newton

Re: Canon EOS R6 V

deebatman316 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:30:32 GMT

@FloridaDrafter the camera apparently needs a firmware to even support a flash. Also the X-Sync is 1/60th sec which is very slow by any modern standards. Or in ANY DSLR Canon ever made you’ll have to go back to early EOS days or FD Mount days.