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Canon R6 Camera Wireless to Trigger 430EX III-RT Speedlite

by David
(Saint Augustine, FL, US)

Canon R6 Camera

Canon R6 Camera

This may sound like a silly question but...

I'm trying to use my 430EX III-RT Speedlite as a remote off camera without a transmitter in the hot shoe of my Canon R6? I thought the R6 had Radio Transmitter ability built in however, I can't get the flash to fire when it's not connected to the hot shoe. I need an additional transmitter or I'm not setting it up right?

Hi David,

Thanks for asking about using a 430EX III-RT as a remote flash with the Canon R6. To the best of my knowledge (at this moment) you need the flash trigger on the hot shoe. I'll dig into this deeper when I get a chance and I'll update this post accordingly.

Canon R6 Remote Flash Trigger

In order to trigger a 430EX III-RT flash you need to use a flash trigger on the the hot shoe like the one pictured below.
Canon ST-E3-RT Speedlight Transmitter

You can get the one made by Canon or you can get one of the knock-off transmitters from third party manufacturers.

David, I'm curious where you read about a radio transmission flash control that's built into the Canon EOS R6.

Warm Regards,
Bruce

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by: Another Fellow David

I'm so stunned by this because my name is also David and I have the same equipment and the same question. If this other David is like me, it's possible he saw the speedlite came with a stand so he assumed the speedlite could wireless connect to the R6. I completely forgot about the existence of triggers haha
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by: Anonymous

The older dslr canon cameras had an infrared option for triggering ocf, although distance and line of sight could sometimes be difficult. Maybe this is what you were referring to? I recently upgraded to mirrorless and was curious about this myself, if there is still that option to go trigger less.

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