Will it work if I already have a flash unit in the camera's hot shoe, or does it need the camera's hot shoe to operate?
167148
The receiver can be mounted on the camera's flash hot shoe for mechanical support, but there is no electrical connection between the receiver and the hot shoe. The receiver is very lightweight, so it could be taped elsewhere within reach of the cable, which is about 11" (28cm) long. I sometimes allow the receiver to dangle from its cable.
167149
It mounts to the hotshoe but isn't required. It plugs in to the camera with an included cable
1134825
Yes. This unit on a Canon will block access to use hot-shoe and will block on-board flash from functioning. Good for continuous lighting with its own power supply or audio Wireless mic receiver. Or using on a stand off camera. Hope that answered all questions. Have a great day.
1695341
E.Austin, Does your camera have a HOTSHOE to connect an extermnal flash to the camera? A hot shoes is this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_shoe . IF you have that connector on your camera, then this Yongnuo flash will rudimentarily work (I.e. pop the flash when the shutter button is pressed).
303239
To be safe you would have to ask the manufacturer of the specific product, but that said, I can tell you that I am using a "safe" adapter between the hot shoe of my Lumix DMC FZ230 and a very old flash unit that is supposed to be too "hot" with no ill effect.
550355
you will need two. one for your camera one for the flash basically plug and play. I love mine.
815113
It works as a slave with any flash camera, your onboard flash triggers it's flash. It does Not work with the cameras built in flash shoe; it mounts on the included bar which mounts to the cameras tripod screw hole.
857100
Yes. It goes on the flash hot shoe. Think of it as an extension cord for the flash.
1918256
You are correct. Mount one on the camera, and connect one to the flash as long as has a compatible input.
1712206
Yes. It has a flash that goes in the hot shoe (just above the camera lens).
93035
The hot shoe on this unit only serves as a mount so no data is transmitted through it. The data connection is through a cable via the remote port. So it will work with the camera but you will need a adaptor if you want it to mount to the hot shoe. They're about twenty five bucks at B & H.
1646373
The answer is yes and no. Your camera has just one connector on the hot shoe and the EF-20 requires 4 connectors to use its TTL flash capabilities. That said it should fire in manual but only on full power. You need to look for a flash on Amazon that has a sensor built in to take advantage of its capabilities like Metz or Vivitar.
1493442
If the question is "if it comes with a hot shoe adapter that will allow you to use a PC cord to fire your flash from a camera that only has a hot shoe. the answer is NO" This is just a Hot show multiplier bracket, a mechanical bracket that fits into one (1) hot shoe and allow three (3) hot shoe devices to be mounted with no facility for electrical connections.
1041787
It can work without the hot shoe. That is how I use it with my Rebel T3i. I just hang it from a carabiner on my backpack. Make sure your time stamp is correct with GMT and then the pictures will sync by the time stamp using the included software. Fiddly but it works.
1396465
This will work with any camera with a hot shoe. Also i reccomend high power rechargable batteries, to get the full range. Otherwise they work great we run 6 flashes from one sender.
1320218
don't know. i don't have a canon, but it should it just screw into the bottom of the camera and use the hot shoe cable to connect flash off camera. I don't think the cable came with it. I had to buy it separate.
402674
Yes with a caveat. The camera will only fire the flash and this unit should prevent the voltage of the flash fom frying the camera's electronics. It is always best to use a camera specific dedicated flash if you can afford it - this would give you all the features of the flash including safety. I would never use one of these on an expensive camera despite the claims.
2225633
It attaches to the hot shoe of the camera, so if your camera has a shoe, it should work (though it doesn't appear it draws any power from the shoe - the device operates on batteries).