Sigma Electronic Flash EF 500 DG Super
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Review Date: Jan 20, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $259.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Optical slave capability, Pulse flash, Strong flash output, wide manual power setting
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Cons:
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Inconsistent ETTL, no socket for radio slave triggers, Slow synch speed (1/160s)
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I bought this since the 580ex is so much more expensive and the 550ex looks bigger than my XTi considering that I seldom use on camera flash.
What sold me the item was the ETTL feature, or so I thought. Unfortunately the results are underexposed most of the time regardless of what mode (Tv, Av, P, AUTO) I put it on. But in manual mode the results are much more consistent.
This flash is feature packed though. Strobe effects, Optical Slave feature, Manual power setting from 1/1 - 1/ 128, FP and rear curtain flash. These pretty much compensates for the disappointing ETTL failure.
Definitely a hobbyist's flash, as I am. If your looking for consistency go for Canon.
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