EOS 250 d godox mf-r76 cinnection issues

[Greytnutter]

Hi. I have a EOS 250d and a godox mf-r76 but I cannot get the flash to work with any setting. 

it is connected to the camera

the power is on

cannot find any menu or setting on the camera or the flash to allow the camera to control the flash

I’m new to external flashes so sorry if I’ve worded this badly. Help very much appreciated. TIA

[deebatman316]

Are you using the camera in live view (the rear LCD screen). 3rd Party flashes won’t fire in Live View but a Canon flash will. Also most 3rd Party flashes won’t work on your camera. They require the center pin on the hot shoe to work. A Canon flash doesn’t need that pin to work. Instead they use the 4 small pins to communicate with the camera. Also what mode are you trying to shoot in on the top mode dial. M, Av, Tv, P, Auto or any other automated shooting mode.

[Greytnutter]

I have tried it in A+, Av and scn 

thanks for the comment. I was using it with the lcd screen. I have changed that but no joy. 

[deebatman316]

What is the Full model of that flash is it godox mf-r76c or without the “C” at the end. Your flash unit cannot work on your camera without the center pin. You’ll have to use a Canon flash unit. There’s no way around this limitation. Also 3rd Party manual flash units aren’t compatible either. This is due to the missing center pin on the hot shoe. Basically your camera can only work with Canon flashes. 

[Greytnutter]

Thank you for replying. There is no C. MF-R76   Is that the centre pin you are referring to?

[Greytnutter]

I think I have worked it out. On the 250d there seems to be a plastic shoe because on my 70d it’s metal and the flash worked immediately. 

Thank you very much for your help. Sadly the flash is not as advertised for all canon cameras 

[deebatman316]

On the hot shoe itself. Not on the flash unit. That is a single pin manual flash unit. It won’t work on your camera at all. Since the camera doesn’t have that pin. Your camera requires a Canon brand flash unit to work. A Canon brand flash doesn’t require the center pin to work. It uses the smaller 4 pins to communicate with the flash. My picture below shows a compatible flash unit with all the communication pins needed to work with your camera. Then the hot shoe itself on your camera and what makes it incompatible. With single pin Manual only flash units. A single pin Manual flash cannot be automatically controlled by the camera. You must manually set the power level.

 

 

[normadel]

The 250D manual, page 174,  points out that non-EX/EL flashes will not work, period. Here it is if you have not yet downloaded the manual.

https://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/4/0300034864/02/EOS_250D_Advanced_User_Guide_EN.pdf

I have the same flash. I learned by reading manuals for my EOS DSLRs that there is a Live View Menu setting to disable Silent Shooting to have non-Canon flashes fire in Live View.

It doesn't look like the 250D has this function/option. It looks like you are out-of-luck with the Godox, or any other non-Canon Speedlite.

[deebatman316]

None of Canon’s Rebel series will fire a 3rd Party flash in Live View. There’s also no option to Disable Silent Shooting mode either. Those options are only offered with higher end cameras. All Canon brand speedlites will fire in live view. It also automatically disables silent shooting mode when a Canon brand flash unit is used.

[Greytnutter]

Thank you for your comment. It’s really frustrating as it is advertised as canon compatible.