Hopefully that LED on the front acts as a focus light, hence the L designation. Would be great to have them put the AF-assist beam in a compact flash.
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Sorry, what LED on the front? That 'window' on the right side under the flash head looks 'black', meaning it's likely either the receiver for optical slave signals, the transmitter for remote camera triggering, or both.Hopefully that LED on the front acts as a focus light, hence the L designation. Would be great to have them put the AF-assist beam in a compact flash.
Please get me a question, Neuro.Sorry, what LED on the front? That 'window' on the right side under the flash head looks 'black', meaning it's likely either the receiver for optical slave signals, the transmitter for remote camera triggering, or both.
Sorry, what LED on the front? That 'window' on the right side under the flash head looks 'black', meaning it's likely either the receiver for optical slave signals, the transmitter for remote camera triggering, or both.
Regardless, based on the picture of the flash the window isn't the red plastic cover of an AF assist emitter, but rather the black plastic cover of an optical receiver and/or wireless transmitter.The 270EX ii has a receiver for optical slave but it was not well received, and I would personally be a lot more excited for an AF emitter vs the ability to optically fire such a low power flash.
The M6 is a poor test case, since the camera itself has an AF assist lamp built into the body and thus no need to fire the AF assist of a mounted Speedlite.Please get me a question, Neuro.
When I use my 430EX ii with a DSLR in Live View mode, the infrared assist beam does not work.
When you use the 600EX in your EOS-M6 (essentially a type of Live View), the speedlite emits infrared assist beam?
P.S. I also saw (though not covered in today’s launch event) Canon introduced a new EL-100 flash (Speedlight). 24mm coverage. Optical wireless. Mode dial driven. Very small, and simple. $199.99 – ships October 2018
Evidently new nomenclature, but why? Similar to the 270EX II but taller (which is good) and with rotation.The GN of the EL-100 is 26, not only 10 as the 100 in its name may suggest.
So it is not that weak as some thought.
The Flash can be used as optical master and as slave. No RF functionality.
The angle of light Distribution can be switched between 24mm and 50mm.
Good question, because throughout the last few decades almost every flash maker put the GN into the product name.Evidently new nomenclature, but why?
Don't know whether the GN decreases that much, but maybe the GN is only 10 in the 24mm Position.Good question, because throughout the last few decades almost every flash maker put the GN into the product name.
That was good so everybody could read the main feature of a flash out of the name.
Now you've got to read specs
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean.Don't know whether the GN decreases that much, but maybe the GN is only 10 in the 24mm Position.