This is a duplicate posting of one elsewhere because I was advised the existing thread was more than 5 yrs old. I could not get my Speedlite 270EX II to fire as a slave in even direct view of the front with the built-in flash on my Rebel SL3 (200D II...
Canon Repair shipped my SL3 (EOS200DII) today. When I receive it, I'll post a photo of the hot shoe. However, the repair tech notes (which they read to me over the phone at my request) stated that they replaced the entire "upper unit" (the term I thi...
Thanks again. You provided a wealth of knowledge in the resources listed, which will keep me busy quite a while. Although I did some architectual and environmental type photography as well as a few weddings as a part-time business, with a wide range ...
Inkista: You wrote (I think in reference to my SL3): "...Canon removed the sync connection from the hotshoe...". I understand from your very informative and helpful posts that the SL3 does not have a flash master in its pop-up which could trigger the...
"...the SL3 doesn't have an optical flash master in its pop-up... ... the only way for it to remotely fire a flash is if the off-camera unit has a "dumb" optical slave (S1/S2) mode in it. Which the 270EX doesn't have. Only the T3i-T8i higher-end dR...
Mike: "Since you have no flash in the hotshoe, it means the little sensing switch is stuck and your camera is looking for a compatible flash." Thanks for the prompt reply, very helpful info, and the excellent macro with text showing the problem area....