R8: I'd like to ask about using Canon's new flash hot shoe contact with the R8. My understanding was that the R8 can ONLY take the new hot shoe style flashes and that you needed an adapter to use an old "traditional 5 pin" flash. Well, I used a 430 EXIII RT on the R8 during a recent test drive with an R8 (I'm considering getting one) and to my surprise, it worked fine without any "adapter." I just put the flash in the hot shoe like any of my other cameras, (R5, 5Diii, G1Xiii...) No apparent problem. Anybody have any insights? Does the flash lose some advanced functionality but works reasonably well otherwise? Can't get any info from Canon on this.
Thanks. It would be great if Canon would actually state that, but they clearly state that you must use an adapter with any old 5 pin technology systems (e.g., flashes, GPS, etc.). That as we have discussed here and below, is not true.
