CANON Speedlite EL-5

With a touch of gold, it's the first Speedlite to feature Canon's new 'multi-function foot' £499/$399

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This new Speedlite shoehorns most of the features of the flagship Speedlite EL-1 into a more lightweight build. It runs on the same Canon LP-EL rechargeable Li-ion battery, boosting stamina and recycling speed between flashes, but costs less than half as much to buy.

The EL-5 is the first Canon Speedlite to feature the new 21-pin 'multi-function foot' which takes full advantage of the companion multi-function shoe built into most of the latest EOS R System cameras, including the EOS R3, R6 Mark II, R7, R8, R10 and R50 (but not the EOS R100). However, without any of the conventional array of connection pins in the foot, it cannot be used in the hotshoe of other Canon cameras, whether they're EOS DLSRS or M-system and R-system mirrorless bodies.

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