Canon Speedlite EL-5 Auto Zoom Wireless Flash, 4-Piece Set with Case, Stand, and Battery Pack

It doesn’t come with a charger. If you don’t have comparable charger with you newest camera. You have to buy a separate charger

I have had this flash for over a year now and it works fine every-time with my R6-MKII and my R5-MKII which is what this flash is designed for. From what I have read on the negativity, is most are using this flash with older cameras in which the flash is not designed for. Sure there will always be a failure in manufacturing here and there, but this is truly a SOLID Flash.

Great on shoe flash not so great as an off shoe remote flash, loses connection and has to be power cycled

I love the speedlite. I've had profoto A1, A10, godox v860iii, v1 etc and I was so surprised how soft and natural shooting bare bulb without any modifiers the EL-5 was! I did notice the power goes way lower than 1/128 like my other speedlites but the is probably just one factor. It is a little bit bigger than the canon 600 ex-rt's I had in the past but it's worth it! I dont even need to slap on my magmods making it even more cumbersome. My friend's fault for this purchase because he made me try his EL-5 and I knew I had to have it! No regrets!

I bought this about 2 weeks ago, it's great. it works on my canon radio system with no issues at all.

I purchased these flashes (3) 2 months ago. What a difference! I had been using godox analog flashed with a flash shoe converter before on my canon mirrorless. The has been ZERO interference issues!! Reliable and well made!!!

I've owned the EL-5 for about 10 months now and I love the rechargeable battery and how long I can use it before having to recharge it. It's also a very fast flash. Unfortunately, the compatibility of the flash is awful. I own a RP, R6-MkII, and a R5c and this flash will only work on the R6-MkII. The R5c has the new hot shoe used by the EL-5, but they are still not compatible. Hopefully there will be a future firmware update that will allow the 2 to work together. The other issue I have with the flash is that if does not come with a charger for the battery. It's not a deal killer since it will charge on any standard canon charger made for the LP-E6 batteries, but for the price tag, it should have it's own charger.

It is disappointing that Canon only allows EX series for EOS 5D Mark IV. EL-5 series didn't work with EOS 5D Mark IV at all after I purchased an EL-5. I wish Canon gives us more clear statement about what would work with EL serious on their website. I ended up getting refunded but I had to cover the ground shipping cost for return.

I purchased 3 Canon mirrorless cameras. They have worked well with my 550EXII and 3rd party speed lights. When I saw a refurbished EL-5 for a very good price, I brought it. So far this was the speedlight Canon should have made long ago. I gave it a 4 out of five because the connectivity with the st-e10 speedlite transmitter is spotty and shuts down in the middle of a shoot. I don't know if the issue is with the speedlight or the transmitter. The overall operation, power and ease of use is 5 stars .

wait till now also can't support R5C , Canon When Can?