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IndigoEye · 05-13-2025

I'm aware that 3rd-party manufacturers reverse-engineer the communication protocol between cameras and flash units, but if a flash system had already been working fine with older Canon cameras, what reason is there for newer Canon cameras to no longe...

IndigoEye · 05-08-2025

For previous Powershot G series cameras, Canon had an application (Picture Style Registration Tool) for loading custom Picture Styles into the camera.Will Canon eventually release an updated version of this application to allow loading of custom Pict...

IndigoEye · 06-01-2025

There's a slight buzzing noise when I put the camera right is next to my ear. I can only hear it when the lens is extended (i.e. It isn't there when the camera's turned on using the playback button), and the sound persists even when I turn off the le...

IndigoEye · 05-13-2025

update:Issue resolved by updating TT350C firmware to version 1.7. That said, this firmware update was released back in 2019, so the fact that the R6II worked fine with version 1.6 from 2018 suggests that some cameras (specif. those retaining the 5 pi...

IndigoEye · 05-13-2025

> Surely this post should be titled Why do existing 3rd party flashes lose compatibility with newer Canon cameras?Nope, I wrote it as intended. It doesn't change the fact that their new products have increasingly limited compatibility compared to the...

IndigoEye · 05-13-2025

> The onus is upon the 3rd party manufacturers. The camera manufacturers are the ones holding the cards though by not releasing the details of the protocol and forcing 3rd party manufacturers to reverse engineer it.I don't understand why they even bo...

IndigoEye · 05-13-2025

I still can't get mine to work, so I'm assuming that the issue's with the write speed of the card?My fastest SD card on hand goes only up to 170Mbps, but that should theoretically allow 50/60FPS 4K for "IPB (Light)" (approx. 120Mbps) even if it's too...

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