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07. Nov 2015
Very Good service!
07. Mär 2014
Can't use as a MASTER, only you can use as a SLAVE for Canon.
Many eBay sellers advertise this flash unit for a specific camera with different prices. It makes the consumer think it's a dedicated flash unit. It is not. If you look closely at the bottom of the shoe, there is only one contact pin in the middle, which means it can be triggered by any film or digital camera with a flash shoe. That’s about it. Your camera can not communicate with this flash unit to make sure the settings are correct, and vice versa.
Many photographers review this flash unit as if it is to be used for general everyday photography, comparing it with other flash units. It is not, and cannot be used for general everyday photography and it is not for CANON XTi. Even though this flash unit has many advanced features, the company forgot to put or don't want to put a TTL function, or at least an AUTO function to make it useful for general types of photography required by all photographers. They just copied the outside appearance to make it look like it has all the functions of the more expensive original.
The main purpose of this MANUAL flash unit, with its built-in features, is for a SECONDARY flash. In other words, it's a SLAVE FLASH UNIT. Mount it on a stand, and set it on S1 or S2 slave, and you can fill the background or the main subject...no problem.
As a main flash for everyday use? You and your subject will be very frustrated waiting for you to MANUALLY make power level adjustment, MANUALLY adjusting the zoom head, MANUALLY moving the flash to the correct distance, MANUALLY adjusting your camera aperture and ISO, MANUALLY adjusting your zoom setting, etc, and then making another TEST if the first exposure was off. If you get lucky and obtain the correct exposure the first time, you might still have to adjust your camera shutter speed to compensate or override the ambient light. By that time, the bride and groom walking down the aisle is gone, the giggling facial expression of a child is now pouting, and the baptismal photo in the church which does not allow for retakes because it can only be done once…is finished. You just missed your once in a lifetime photo because you were fiddling with this very clumsy MANUAL flash unit!!!
Now I am using this as SLAVE in "S2"mode, because I don't want to return.