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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Cheap, effective optical slave? YN560 I/II/III?? | |
Thanks. The MX1 doesn't have a hot shoe, so that was the reason for optical slave.
Skirball wrote:
YN 560 III are only $70 each, so no idea why you'd buy a II for $30 more.
I'm not quite sure what you're looking for, as you seem to have all the flash equipment you need, but if you want to buy more I can't argue with that.
If you're looking for only a manual system then the 560 III is the best option out there, IMHO. Why even bother with optical slave? Pick up a RF602 or RF603 transmitter for $10 or so and you have RF control with no optical limitations. Spend $50 on the new 560TX transmitter and you can even control power and zoom of the flash from your camera.
To answer your earlier questions, yes, the power and quality is more or less as good as the name brand options. Some would argue that reliability of the generics isn't as good, but that hasn't been my experience....Show more →
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