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Pmolan
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 19:04
Does the hot shoe still work when the built in flash is up?
Lotto
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 20:28
No, can not be use at the same time. But why you want to do that?
Pmolan
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 20:49
Just curious on how things work. Remote triggers etc.. I love to modify stuff.

Do you know if it is totally disabled when the built in pops up? I wouldn't expect the E-TTL to work, I was just wondering if the trigger still functions.
Lotto
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 21:02
Yeah, there is a switch on the Canon hot shoe that can tell if an adapter is inserted and prevent the build in flash form popping up. I just did a quick test on my 20D, after the pop up flash is up, if I press that switch down, the flash will not fire.
friz
3rd of January 2009 (Sat), 21:15
Does the hot shoe still work when the built in flash is up?

I think it would be great for providing some fill flash when bouncing the hot shoe flash. When I first saw these, I was sure thats what they were for.