Speedlite 580EX II EOS R8 Compatibility

[RichardinIdaho]

I have a Speedlite 580EXII and am planing on ordering a new Canon R8 camera. Will my flash work with the new camera or do I need to replace it with a newer model?

Thanks

[Always-Learning]

Interesting. I have an r5 and it works perfectly except that i get the intermittent flash instead of the red af assist. You get the af assist beam on your r6ii? Was there a config setting you needed?

[p4pictures]

Mirrorless cameras don't use the red AF assist beam even if the flash has it, they use the intermittent flash to focus. There is no configuration on a mirrorless camera that allows the red AF assist beam to operate.

[kvbarkley]

I am not exactly sure which ones - probably lower end - but some cameras like the R50 have only the new multi function pins, not the legacy 4 pins + MF pins like on the R8 and R6ii.

[deebatman316]

The R100, R6 Classic, R5 Classic, R (original) & RP. Have the old 5 pin hot shoe. The R50 on supports the multi function hot shoe it lacks the older 5 pins for legacy speedlite. Canon first released the 5 pin hot shoe in 1986 with the T90. The pins have remained the same but the flash metering systems changed. First was TTL then in 1986 Canon released A-TTL. In 1995 Canon released E-TTL which is the current flash metering system. In 2004 E-TTL was revised with E-TTL II. But the core E-TTL communication never changed.

[kvbarkley]

But newer cameras like the R6 mk II have *both* the pins for the MFA hot shoe and the traditional 5 pin connection for legacy flashes.

[deebatman316]

Yes they do. Most of the EOS R series cameras have been updated to the new shoe. The only cameras without it are the R100 & RP. The R50 doesn’t have the hybrid hot shoe like other cameras do.