EX430II and 5D IV (or any body without onboard flash)

I can't find the answer to this anywhere so I hope someone can help!

When using the EX430 flash in manual mode on my 7D II, I could simply adjust the power by pressing the (popup) flash button on the camera body then the camera wheel to increase/decrease. Very convenient!

Now that I'm using a 5D IV, there is obviously no on-board flash, so no flash button. I really hate using the +/- buttons on the flash itself (slow, small and too far recessed for my fat thumb). I can't find another way to control it from the camera.

Have you tried to use the flash menu build in the 5D4?

I was messing around in there, but it's still a pain to go thru the menus. Well, not horrible, but a lot more than just clicking one button.

I did notice the 430 III flash has a wheel instead of the horrible buttons. That would be nice. So, a possible upgrade in the near future.

There are more ways to customize the 5D4 buttons. For the example of 430II on camera, manual power adjustment from the camera menu, I would set a custom function to the "SET" button for "flash function settings". After the initial dial in M mode, and high light the "flash output level", all I have to do is to hit the SET button twice, then use the back wheel to adjust the manual power output.

Check out this 45 second demo..

Lotto wrote in post #18386284
There are more ways to customize the 5D4 buttons. For the example of 430II on camera, manual power adjustment from the camera menu, I would set a custom function to the "SET" button for "flash function settings". After the initial dial in M mode, and high light the "flash output level", all I have to do is to hit the SET button twice, then use the back wheel to adjust the manual power output.

Check out this 45 second demo..

Perfect!! Thanks! I didn't even think about this. Luckily I didn't set my SET button to anything yet, so this is great!

Lotto wrote in post #18386284
There are more ways to customize the 5D4 buttons. For the example of 430II on camera, manual power adjustment from the camera menu, I would set a custom function to the "SET" button for "flash function settings". After the initial dial in M mode, and high light the "flash output level", all I have to do is to hit the SET button twice, then use the back wheel to adjust the manual power output.

Check out this 45 second demo..

Thanks for the tip. I'd also missed this particular customization option. Really useful.