Canon Speedlite EL-5

I bought this speedlite June 14th this year and have used it on many photo shoots. I bought it because I have the R6markii with the new shoe. It does seem to communicate far better than my EF-1 flash, which I used all the time with my R6, but had issues when I moved to the markii.

My first time using a Speedlite. Works well with my EOS R6 Mark ii and I didn't need to buy another charger because I can charge the Speedlite battery with the R6m2 charger. Easy to use and I have no complaints.

The charger your cameras came with charge the battery which is the same charger many other Canon cameras came with. I would venture to guess you have a handful of them. I would venture to guess this is it didn't come with one. I would rather have a lower price than multiple chargers.

Love the EL-5. Great functions and easy to use interface. Works perfect on my R7.

The EL 5 is definitely a very powerful flash and is likely to become my new work horse (together with my EX-600 units). It is a bulky unit, but that comes with the power it packs. I love the dedicated rechargeable battery, but only because I had the charger already for my R5 batteries.

After comparing this Speedlite with a 430EXlll RT, I decided on the EL5 because it was supposedly advanced technology and worth the additional price. Wrong! After fully charging the battery, (charger not included), I placed it in the flash, shot a few pictures, left it in the flash overnight only to...

Great price for flash

Useless for the R5. Complete junk. Don't even bother buying it.

I just recently bought a Canon EOS R3 and found out that the hot shoe on this particular body is different from other Canon bodies and from my existing flash (600EX-RT) to work properly, I would need to purchase an adapter which has been back ordered for at least 4 months.

I pre-ordered this flash last year after consultation with Canon Sales (via Chatbot) and the Canon support community. The R5C (I believe Canons 1st mirrorless with the new shoe design) has very limited Canon flash options, and with the Supply shortages since we seen since COVID and After both...