PetaPixel Godox Flash Firmware Updates Bring Support for Canon’s Crippled Cameras


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Canon upset photographers recently after it was discovered that its latest entry-level DSLR cameras lack the standard center hotshoe pin common on cameras, making them incompatible with many affordable 3rd-party flashes. But there’s good news: Godox has responded by releasing firmware updates that fix this issue.

Photographer Michael Andrew (AKA Michael the Maven) first alerted the photography community to this issue on April 24th:


Andrew found that in cameras such as the Canon EOS Rebel T7 (AKA 1500D/2000D/Kiss X90), EOS Rebel T100 (AKA 3000D/4000D), and EOS Rebel SL3 (AKA 250D/Kiss X10), Canon has quietly removed the center pin that cameras across all brands use to trigger flashes — a pin that allows any compatible flash, regardless of brand, to be used on any compatible camera (at least in manual mode).

On April 29th, just 5 days after Andrew’s video came out, Godox announced new firmware updates for the V860IIC, X1T-C, TT350C, and V350C that make them compatible with Canon’s center-pin-less hotshoes.


The update notes list the T7 and T100 as newly compatible cameras, but Godox notes that the fix applies to “[compatibility] problems of new cameras,” so presumably the SL3 and future models are now supported as well.

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To get your flash updated and compatible, visit the Godox downloads page and download the new firmware for it.

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