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EOS R5 Viewfinder Issues When Using Flash

HAGAR-90
Apprentice

Hey 🙂
I’m using canon R5
I have 2 questions:
1) Once I touch the screen to focus it automatically shoots- how can I cancel it so I can use the touch and drag in the screen and not only if I look in the viewfinder?

2) when I use the camera with speed light flash attached on it- sometimes the screen/viewfinder becomes black (even if I do half press)
Any ideas how to fix?
* my camera is updated with the latest version.

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deebatman316
Elite
Elite

Exposure Simulation doesn't NOT work with flash photography. It is automatically disabled when a speedlite is used. You can set the camera to display full brightness or ambient lighting. When a speedlite is attached.

-Demetrius
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Holy Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT

jrhoffman75
Legend
Legend

@HAGAR-90 wrote:

Hey 🙂
I’m using canon R5
I have 2 questions:
1) Once I touch the screen to focus it automatically shoots- how can I cancel it so I can use the touch and drag in the screen and not only if I look in the viewfinder?

2) when I use the camera with speed light flash attached on it- sometimes the screen/viewfinder becomes black (even if I do half press)
Any ideas how to fix?
* my camera is updated with the latest version.


#1- sounds like you need to disable touch shutter. 

John Hoffman
Conway, NH

R6 Mark III, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic

Hey Thanks! 
how do I set the camera to display full brightness ?

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