topic Re: Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT

HorHey9000 — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:00:35 GMT

Was wondering if this combo is compatible to use a the camera's flash as a slave to fire the 430 wirelessly. I just dug into the menus of both devices and its looking like its not.

Can anybody help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT

TTMartin — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:45:01 GMT

@HorHey9000 wrote:
Was wondering if this combo is compatible to use a the camera's flash as a slave to fire the 430 wirelessly. I just dug into the menus of both devices and its looking like its not.

Can anybody help me out?

Thanks in advance.

The camera's built in flash would have to be the Master. I don't recall seeing that as a feature of the SL2.

Re: Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT

Richard — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:28:37 GMT

Hi HorHey9000,

Thanks for posting.

The internal flash on the EOS Rebel SL2 cannot be used as a master flash for Canon's Speedlite External flash units..

Re: Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT

ebiggs1 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:10:01 GMT

Hold the reins there Tonto. There may be a work around.

See if an optical slave can be triggered by the SL2 built-in flask. They are fairly cheap and easy to use.

Re: Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT

kvbarkley — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:19:49 GMT

Just make sure to get one that ignores the ETTL-2 preflash. IIRC, the SL2 has *only* ETTL-2, no manual without the preflash, which also means you need to go through hoops to prevent the SL2 flash from affecting the shot.

Re: Canon SL2 and 430EX III RT

HorHey9000 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:19:51 GMT

Yup. I gotta get an st-e3-rt.