Previous we saw an unidentified Speedlite come up for certification, it was called the “ds401221“. Nokishita has now received information that the new Speedlite will be the EL-100.
Canon Speedlite EL-100 Specifications:
- Size: 64.6mm (2.54 inches) x 91.7mm (3.61 inches) x 71mm (2.79 inches)
- Weight: 190g (0.41lbs) (without battery)
- Shipping: Late October 2018
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And it is useless, if there is no radio inside.
Today's good light is off camera.
Maybe it is useless for you if it has no RT inside.
But if it really has a guide number of 10 as the name indicates I wouldn't want/need this as an off camera flash because of its low flash power.
If it was a 270EX II (guide number 27) successor or even higher, I would say it should/could have an RT interface.
But a normal consumer, having a camera without a pop up flash would just want an on camera flash and gives a s*** on RT.
This on camera flash just has to be cheap and RT isn't cheap. For a normal consumer off camera flash is useless as he/she doesn't know how to use it.
So right now we don't have anything else but the name of that flash, we don't have technical data, we don't have a clue on which market or use case it is aiming at.
So why bashing at something you don't even really know?
This seems to me like a Pavlovian conditioning aiming at anything Canon is releasing.
If so, why the heck did the name change? EL implies not EX, which is what all the speedlites are called, yes? Is the EOS R hotshoe different or something?
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What does the GN measure correspond to? Is it stops of light or lumens or?
FWIW, it’s typically specified at ISO 100 and with the head zoomed to the maximum setting. For example, the 580EX and the 600EX have the same flash tube and thus the same luminance output, but the 580EX zooms to 105mm whereas the 600EX zooms to 200mm, thus the higher GN.
You are probably right about not having enough power in a 100 to bounce it.
But it's an "L". ;)