{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/canon_g7_hotshoe_flash","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2007-07-23T07:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2007-07-23T07:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"Hotshoe flashes for a Canon G7 or S5 IS\",\n  \"entityId\": \"037f8210-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"037f8211-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"arts.meta.lights\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"arts.meta.lights.sunpack_383\",\n      \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n    }],\n    \"arts.meta.cameras\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"g9\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"s5is\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"arts.meta.cameras.g7\",\n      \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"DMC-FZ50\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }],\n    \"arts.meta.review_compensation\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"arts.meta.review_compensation.uncompensated\",\n      \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n    }]\n  },\n  \"sidebar\": \"## Update:\\n\\nThe G9 is out. The flash compatability should be fairly similar. I did try one of the Sigma flashes that works with the Canon SLRs and it didn't work either.\",\n  \"srcImages\": [\"arts.blog.canon_g7_hotshoe_flash.pic-05ae48f1-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5-infile\"]\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"a\", {\n    href: \"/blog/canon_g7_hotshoe_flash/pic/\"\n  }, mdx(props.imgs.Img1, {\n    width: \"320px\",\n    align: \"left\"\n  })), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Two recent high-end Canon P&S cameras that seem to be popular with the buying audience have hotshoes. The G series of Canons have always had a hotshoe, but the S series hasn\\u2019t until now.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Compare this to many other manufacturers who have been taking the hotshoes off of anything that isn\\u2019t a digital SLR. I\\u2019m doubly annoyed with Panasonic because even the cameras with a hotshoe don\\u2019t seem to want to work properly with an ordinary flash (I tested with my dad\\u2019s Panasonic DMC-FZ50 and couldn\\u2019t get a non-dedicated flash to work and I\\u2019m not sure what I was doing wrong).\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"But, since I recently purchased a G7 and I keep seeing questions online about what to put in the hotshoe, I figure I can supply some useful details that aren\\u2019t in the manual after my experimentation.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Canon, of course, wants you to buy a genuine Canon flash, and there are some benefits. You can get one of the E-TTL flashes that Canon sells for quite a bit of money for a seamless, automated, integrated experience. I like to think that I\\u2019m smarter than the camera is, so I don\\u2019t always trust too much automation. I also tend to think that if your style of shooting requires the sort of fast reaction time and flawless image quality that leads one to an E-TTL flash, you probably want a digital SLR because it will focus faster, have less shutter lag, and generally produce better images.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"There is another way to do flash photography with the G7 or S5 IS where you will spend less money, get less integration, but get more manual control. For my strobist photography, I already have two \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"/blog/sunpack_383_guide/\"\n  }, \"383 Super\"), \" flashes (although one of the two flashes got dunked in the bay during my recent photographic excursion and I\\u2019m going to have to take it apart and see if I can get it to work again since the repair cost is more than the replacement cost), a Sunpak 144PC, a \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"/blog/sunpack_digital_flash/\"\n  }, \"Sunpak digital slave\"), \", and a \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"/blog/lighting_christmas/\"\n  }, \"Quantaray MS-1\"), \".\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I discovered very shortly after getting my G7 just how handy it is to have a 383 Super and my G7 handy. I\\u2019ve been doing a lot of cycling lately, so I used an old belt-mount P&S camera bag to mount the 383 Super on one handlebar and then mounted the G7 in its bag on the other handlebar.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I note that the cost of a Sunpack 383 Super and the cost of the Canon HF-DC1 flash are about the same. They each have their own set of unique downsides. I\\u2019m sure the HF-DC1 has advantages and I\\u2019ll try to point out where it will work properly, but I really don\\u2019t think that you can do much other than take deer-in-the-headlights pictures of somebody from a little farther away. For certain cameras, most notably the SD series, that don\\u2019t let you do manual exposure, the HF-DC1 is pretty much the only game in town if you want more flash power.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The HF-DC1 seems to \\u201Cfollow\\u201D what the main flash is doing, so it doesn\\u2019t work when you manually adjust the flash power, shoot in M mode, or use second curtain flash. It also triggers off of other people\\u2019s flashes. Also, if you are shooting at maximum range, your camera will fire a full flash, which can drain your batteries fairly quickly.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The 383 Super, on the other hand, sits in the hotshoe that you paid extra for and waits for a signal from the camera. Depending on how you have it set, it will either put out a defined amount of power, or sense the correct amount of power for a given aperture and put that out. This means you can\\u2019t necessarily use Tv mode because the flash doesn\\u2019t know what your aperture is. But you can still shoot in M or Av mode, first curtain or second curtain. Unless you put an optical slave on the flash, it won\\u2019t trigger off of other people\\u2019s flashes.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The 383 super is also significantly more powerful than the HF-DC1, can be easily pointed in other directions to bounce the flash off of a wall or ceiling (this helps you avoid the deer-in-the-headlights look).\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"E-TTL flashes will integrate fully with the G7 and S5 IS (and many of the prior G-series Canons as well) to act as a seamless extension of the onboard flash. There are, of course, some clone flashes that are designed to work like the E-TTL flashes that Canon makes but for less money, however there are two things to consider. First, unlike many accessories for point and shoot cameras, the flashes will work on a wide variety of Canon cameras so they are likely to retain their value over time like high-end pro gear does. Second, all of the sources I\\u2019ve read seem to indicate that most of the E-TTL compatible flashes from other manufacturers are not 100% compatible with the non-SLR Canons, so if you get one, you want to make sure you can return it if it doesn\\u2019t work (or just go to a store and test). Really, the minimum flash you\\u2019d really want is a used 420EX or a 430EX, which will have the same sort of high power that the 383 has and the ability to bounce the flash, except that you will likely pay at least $100 more.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"If you set your camera to Av mode and put the 383 Super on the hotshoe, you should be able to set the ISO and Aperture setting using the sliders on the back of the flash and shoot in reasonable amounts of light. In a darker room, the Av program will tend to set your shutter speed too low, which will tend to mean that you\\u2019ll get a blurry scene despite the flash, so you will want to switch to M mode, leave the aperture setting where it is, but set the shutter speed to something reasonable. You can use first curtain or second curtain flash. You generally cannot use full auto or Tv mode (or the \\u201CScene\\u201D or \\u201CPanoramic Stitch Assist\\u201D mode) with the 383 super. A real E-TTL flash or the HF-DC1 will work with those situations.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"You may discover that you like a little more or a little less flash power, which you can adjust in gross steps by changing the power, or you can move the aperture up or down a few clicks. When I\\u2019m outdoors, I usually leave it in Av mode set to f/2.8, ISO 80, and have the 383 set to green, which means that the flash exposure is 1 1/3 stops underexposed\\u2026 but the regular exposure is about normal, so it fills in the shadows without letting the flash rule the image.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"There\\u2019s a few little quirks to warn you about. There\\u2019s a switch built into the hotshoe that figures out if you have something mounted there, even a protective dust plug, and Canon tries to minimize one set of surprises\\u2026 and gives you another set of surprises. If the camera is set to rapid-drive mode or bracketing, it will not trigger the flash and won\\u2019t warn you that it\\u2019s not triggering it. It also won\\u2019t fire the onboard flash. 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