topic Re: Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D in Speedlite Flashes

Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D

TonyBking — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:10:48 GMT

Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light To pair with canon 70D. Flash won’t fire wirelessly off camera .. anyone else had this problem?

Re: Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D

rs-eos — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:28:46 GMT

The term "wireless" is unfortunate since there are two forms (optical and radio).

I'm assuming though that you're attempting to use the 70D's built-in flash to optically control the off-camera 430 unit?

Is the 430 in optical mode? Does it have line-of-sight to the camera's flash?

Re: Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D

kvbarkley — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 01:39:04 GMT

There is no need to.pair. Just get everything set up correctly - follow the advice youv'e already been given.

Re: Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D

TonyBking — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 01:54:17 GMT

Was given two questions? No advice.. so yeah thanks for your input

Re: Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D

rs-eos — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 03:42:04 GMT

You'll have to answer those two questions. If the 430 is in radio mode, that's not going to work at all. Also, if the 430 doesn't have line of sight to the 70D's flash, that's also not going to work at all.

Re: Cannot pair 430 exIII rt speed light to pair with 70D

kvbarkley — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:16:22 GMT

It was advice, like your Mom saying "You are not going out in that, are you?"

Remember, we can't see your setup, so we have to ask questions to see what is going on, but those questions lead directly to what is probably the issue.