Eos 250d not compatible with godox flash

[Laylharvath]

I was gifted a TT520ii flash for my canon eos 250d dslr camera, but in setting it says it’s not compatible and I was wondering what setup or adapter I need to get to make it work? Or if I’m better off just getting a whole different flash? 

[stevet1]

Laylharvath,

Your manual says that the 250D is compatible with the EL and EX series Speedlights.

The EOS Magazine had a directory of these Speedlights here:

https://www.eos-magazine.com/EOS%20lenses%20and%20Speedlites/EOS%20system/Lenses/Speedlites/speedlit...

You can down through the list and do Google searches on each one to see if it will meet your needs and what you can afford. 

Steve Thomas

[normadel]

Godox says your flash  works with any camera with a  standard hotshoe. That's what it has. If you want a flash that is compatible in all ways with a camera with additional contacts, you need a flash made to work with that camera.

Unless a flash is made to be compatible with Canon (or Nikon or Sony) digital cameras, it's not. If you want a flash that integrates fully with a camera's features and functions, you have to buy one. Even then, an aftermarket brand, from Godox or another maker, will not be 100% guaranteed by Canon to work to do "everything" a Canon will. The flash maker can't make that absolute guarantee either. Canon absolves itself of this in their camera manuals....as do other camera and flash makers.

[deebatman316 · Accepted solution]

The EOS 250D lacks the center pin on the hot shoe that’s why it doesn’t work. So it doesn’t have a standard hot shoe. Instead it has a proprietary hot shoe for Canon’s own EX series speedlites. So you’ll need a Canon speedlite ending in EX to work. Or the Canon EL-1 or EL-100 as compatible flash units. Other EL series speedlites are INCOMPATIBLE and only work on certain EOS R series cameras.