meerec Posted April 15, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 15, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've bought the SF-40 flash. Small and nice. Like it. I still have two Canon 'legacy' speedlites I haven't sold, and an infrared transmitter that can tigger them. I wonder if it would work on SL. I haven't tried it because I'm unsure if putting the Canon transmitter into the SL's hotshoe is a safe thing to do. Is there a chance it may short circuit it and damage the SL? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 15, 2016 Posted April 15, 2016 Hi meerec, Take a look here SL with Canon speedlites. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ramarren Posted April 15, 2016 Share #2 Posted April 15, 2016 The Canon E-TTL system is neither pin-compatible nor protocol-compatible with the Leica TTL flash control system. It will most likely not damage anything, but it will only fire the flash units at maximum manual power output. Personally, I wouldn't risk my $7500 SL camera body as a testbed for whether someone else's flash unit can be used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meerec Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted April 15, 2016 That was my take on it i.e. don't even try it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotha Posted April 15, 2016 Share #4 Posted April 15, 2016 You can use the Canon speedlites, and many others, in manual mode by the cactus v6 adapters. Have a look on http://Www.cactus-image.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted April 15, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 15, 2016 I have to double check with FW 2.0 if this works with the SL. With FW1.2 I had issues when using the cactus together with a SF 64 attached on top of the body. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meerec Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted April 15, 2016 You can use the Canon speedlites, and many others, in manual mode by the cactus v6 adapters. Have a look on http://Www.cactus-image.com This sounds good, however I'm selling my Canon speedlites. Going forward, FYI, I will use Profoto B2 lights and their generic transmitter. In the interim, I'm using Impact transmitter, receiver(s) and strobe and modifiers. Works well with any camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
忘不了 Posted April 15, 2016 Share #7 Posted April 15, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've bought the SF-40 flash. Small and nice. Like it. I still have two Canon 'legacy' speedlites I haven't sold, and an infrared transmitter that can tigger them. I wonder if it would work on SL. I haven't tried it because I'm unsure if putting the Canon transmitter into the SL's hotshoe is a safe thing to do. Is there a chance it may short circuit it and damage the SL? 1.1 firmware Canon can be, since the 1.2 started off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted April 16, 2016 Share #8 Posted April 16, 2016 You can use the Canon speedlites, and many others, in manual mode by the cactus v6 adapters. Have a look on http://Www.cactus-image.com I can now confirm that TTL-passthrough works perfekt with SF 64 and SF 40 and also trigger remote flashs in manual mode. It seems that I did a mistake in the the configuration of the cactus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted April 18, 2016 Share #9 Posted April 18, 2016 1.1 firmware Canon can be, since the 1.2 started off You have made your point. Maybe you should just sell your camera as it appears to be unsuitable for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Walker Posted April 19, 2016 Share #10 Posted April 19, 2016 seems that I did a mistake in the the configuration of the cactus. Nothing worse than a misconfigured cactus. Could be quite dangerous in the wrong hands. You gotta love spell-checkers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdw Posted April 19, 2016 Share #11 Posted April 19, 2016 Nothing worse than a misconfigured cactus. Could be quite dangerous in the wrong hands. You gotta love spell-checkers... Cactus is a flash-adapter, in this case it's not autocorrect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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