I use the 430 EX II and 270 EX II on the multifunction shoe, and they work fine without the AD-E1 adapter. The only feature that is disabled in older Speedlites is the near-IR focus light since it is incompatible with mirrorless AF systems.
I ended up purchasing the adapter because I did notice that the new shoe is slightly wider at the back, versus the straight and relatively thicker format of the old one. So while the flash will not fall off as it is retained by the lock pin, I found it wobbly and the vertical tightening to be not as effective. Anyone else observe that?
Rivermist wrote:
I ended up purchasing the adapter because I did notice that the new shoe is slightly wider at the back, versus the straight and relatively thicker format of the old one. So while the flash will not fall off as it is retained by the lock pin, I found it wobbly and the vertical tightening to be not as effective. Anyone else observe that?
What do you mean with vertical tightening? The EX 580 is secured with a knurled nut that extends the fixing pin; on the EX 580II, this is a faster lever mechanism.
Rivermist wrote:
I ended up purchasing the adapter because I did notice that the new shoe is slightly wider at the back, versus the straight and relatively thicker format of the old one. So while the flash will not fall off as it is retained by the lock pin, I found it wobbly and the vertical tightening to be not as effective. Anyone else observe that?
The issue I describe could be related to the age or model of my flash units (Speedlite 600 EX-RT, 10+ years of use and quite heavy), the shoe difference is visible in this document https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/s/article/ART182397.
There may be a locking issue with some flashes. For example, my 580EX/2 won't fully lock on the R6/2 hotshoe, because the rubber weather seal prevents it. If I remove the rubber seal, it locks without problems. On the AD-E1 adapter it will lock with the rubber seal no problem.
600EX that I have will lock fully with the weather seal in place in the new hotshoe.
As for the GP-E2 GPS unit, it works with all higher specced RF cameras, including R10, with or without AD-E1. However don't expect it working on cameras like R50. They don't have the old hot shoe contacts, and even if you put the GP-E2 in AD-E1, it will not work. This is Bluetooth only camera in the GPS realm.
big country wrote:
i shoot a lot of weddings and portrait sessions using flash, and from my experience the hot shoe isnt as reliable as firing when using the AD-E1.
it will fire but its not as consistent.
Humm, interesting. I do have AD-E1 though, unfortunately I did buy (also) R50 without thorough research and looked perplexed at the hotshoe without legacy contacts... I didn't immediately spot it as it was covered by hotshoe plastic cover. Well it was a second hand, so not too expensive and I did try to love it, but in the end I added a second hand R10. Felt much closer to R6/2 in features and controls.
I didn't immediately spot it as it was covered by hotshoe plastic cover. Well it was a second hand, so not too expensive and I did try to love it, but in the end I added a second hand R10. Felt much closer to R6/2 in features and controls.