B&H is now listing the Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT as discontinued.
Pure speculation here, but I will guess that the R6 and R5 get refreshed with some of the R7 features and the new flash hot shoe soon. R6II is in the rumor mill, and I don't see Canon leaving the R5 out of the party if the R6II has the new hot shoe.
I would also guess that any new flash unit from Canon would have the new smart hot shoe.
Roqdawg
Oct 19, 2022 at 05:55 PM
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