Green circle on Canon LCD

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Jay Hirsh
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Green circle on Canon LCD

Hi all-

I was recently shooting an event where I was highly dependent on my Canon Speedlite 580 EX with my Canon R6 camera.
Part way through, I started seeing a thin green circle centered in the camera LCD. This seemed to be associated with the flash firing spontaneously once or twice.
I'm guessing this is a spot metering mode, but I'm drawing a blank online. I also have no clue why it would spontaneously appear/disappear.
Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks

Jay

Anton Largiader
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It’s probably the same on each display (I don’t know the R line very well) but we’re you seeing this in the viewfinder or on the flip-out display?

Jay Hirsh
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I was definitely seeing this on the flip out display. I need to take a bunch of flash photos to see if I can get this to reappear. Canon tech support had no idea.

Anton Largiader
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Jay, I think I found it on my R7. With a flash attached, if I press * for Flash Exposure Lock I get a metering pre-flash and an orange circle. After about a second the circle goes to gray but stays there until I take the shot or turn the flash off.

The other R models do things with green that the R7 doesn't, such as turn the H+ indicator green when it is enabled. Maybe your R6 uses green for that circle where mine uses orange. Or maybe there is some case I have yet to discover where mine will be green!

My user manual makes no reference at all to this indication that FEL is in effect.