topic Re: 600EX-RT on 7D in Speedlite Flashes

600EX-RT on 7D

photomad — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:13:07 GMT

I have a 7Dand also a 600EX-RT. I am wanting to know that if I buy another 600EX Flash will it work with the radio transmitter on the 7D instead of buying a ST-E3-RT and then another flash later? I am looking for advice and/or suggestions. Thanks

Re: 600EX-RT on 7D

7D5D — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:36:41 GMT

Yes. One 600 will be set up as the master and the other as the slave.

There are some minor limitations when using the 7D wih a 600 such as some of the settings cannot be set via the camera but instead must be set directly on the Speedlite. There are some other limitation throughout the manual. I think if you search for "released" in the PDF manual you will find all those differences.

Edit: A word about the ST-E3-RT. Despite that it doesn't have a AF assist beam, I have become a fan of the ST-E3-RT because of it very small size, weight, and ease of use. Once you have your Speedlites, you might want to consider one these.

Re: 600EX-RT on 7D

photomad — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:33:38 GMT

Awesome. Thanks for the quick response. I am easy about using the flash for set up if it cant be done on camera because that will change when they go on a 5D MkIII.

Re: 600EX-RT on 7D

p4pictures — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:58:40 GMT

Some time ago I had similar questions about what doesn't work with the 600EX-RT and the EOS 7D I wrote a blog post with my results

http://www.p4pictures.com/2012/07/using-the-speedlite-600ex-rt-with-pre-2012-eos-cameras/

Brian / p4pictures