This flash works exactly as described. While it's not the same output (GN) as the more expensive flashes, it's less than half the price. Plus you get a remote, a really nice mini soft box diffuser, decent cleaning cloth and batteries. All for less than $40. This means you have a flash you can take out to the desert, in the wind, on a beach, anywhere that you would feel scared to take your $500 flash. If you drop one of these in the ocean, it's cheap to replace.
That's not to say that these aren't sturdy. The build quality is comparable to my expensive Pentax flashes from 10 years ago. And the speed and output is about the same. Out of the box the recycle time is less than three seconds at full power - even with the batteries they provide. At lower powers, the recycle is less than a second.
I only use these flashes (I ordered two) for my portable studio and my tabletop, so I use only use manual and slave 1 mode. While I'd prefer to have actual power markers (e.g. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16) the 1 through 5 setting is adequate for my use. The Slave 1 and Slave 2 modes fire perfectly. Slave 2 is for pre-flash detection. If you have red eye reduction flash or a particularly bright focus light you should use Slave 2 mode. The built in diffuser as well as the mini soft-box both work as well as any others I've used. There is no TTL on these but for the price I don't expect it.
One particularly good point isn't about the flash, but the soft box. The soft box mounting strap works really well and holds tight on all of my flashes. No 3M adhesive to muck up the finish on the flash, Just strap it through the loops. The loops feel a little cheap and like they might break, but there are enough that if one or two break you still should not have any trouble mounting it. And eventually I might have to resort to using a big rubber band. But I haven't faced that yet.
Like any mini soft box, you lose a stop or two of light, but the shadows do come out decently soft for the size of the box and the light is even and consistent and without negatively affecting the white balance. I only use these for my tabletop studio since for regular shoots you want a shoot through umbrella or a larger soft box to really spread the light.
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Arrived in perfect condition, powerful flash, lots of accessories
My dad gave me his old canon 5d but it didn't come with a flash. I have a little canon t3 that's been going strong for years and was excited to get a new toy to play with.Obviously, I need a flash. Balling on a budget after reading up on loads of reviews and searching high and low, I finally settled on this one.I've only been tinkering with it for about an hour, but so far, I love it.I took several sample pics in my dining room while testing and the flash quality is great. I've attached 2 puns that i took with the flash on the list setting and tilted upward at a slant. The pic was taken in daylight, by the kittens were in the shade, flash provided just the right amount of light. No editing in either pic. Flash at highest setting blares everything out to just white, it's powerful ive never needed to use it above the second power line.I unfortunately don't have anything to compare it to but overall, I can't complain.I haven't tested the remote yet, and will keep it boxed up until I have use for it.All parts and accessories came packed up nicely, scratch free and in perfect condition.Im not entirely sure how to use the soft box panel thing (I love using technical terms), as anything past point-and-shoot is above my sphere of knowledge, but i'm excited to learn all my new bells and whistles. Will try to add a couple sample pics of various flash levels, use of box thing and bounce card.Batteries were a bit difficult to put inside, you really have to press hard and put a little elbow grease into it.Other than that, I'd say $40 well spent!
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