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Canon 430EX Speedlite Flash for Canon Pro1, Pro 90, G Series and all EOS SLR Cameras | List Price: $400.00
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Brand: Canon
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Replaces the Canon Speedlite 420EX Flash
- Automatic selection of camera white-balance settings and auto-adjustment of zoom flash position to match camera's sensor size
- Flash head zoom covers the range 24mm to 105mm; integrated diffusion panel allows extends coverage to 14mm
- Compatible with distance-linked E-TTL II system; supports other EOS cameras that do not support E-TTL II, when required
- Flash head moves up from 0 to 90 degrees, left from 0 to 180 degrees, and right from 0 to 90 degrees
Excellent Flash! [Posted on 2008-07-17]
I bought the 430EX just a few weeks ago and right out of the box it was easy to use. The swivel and tilt is awesome for getting that more natural light look when bouncing the flash. It's does a wonderful job. The recycle time is great. I've used it at a wedding and several other occasions now and have not had any issues with lag or waiting around. I highly recommend it. I've head the 580 is awesome but if you're looking to save a little money, you will not be disappointed with the 430!
Great unit, great price [Posted on 2008-07-17]
This flash makes great light. In my apartment we pretty much get nothing but nasty, dim, yellow light. The pictures I take with this flash make a world of difference. The thing rotates nearly 360 degrees, so you have the option to bounce it just about any kind of way you can imagine. Very flexible.
This flash comes with a little stand that is great if you're using it remotely. Use a 580EXII flash or an STE-2 transmitter for that. It sucks that Canon's DSLRs don't have a commander mode for the pop-up flash, but that's not fault on the 430EX.
Anyway, what else is there to say? It's a great unit. There's no real need to spend more money on the 580EXII unless you need the transmitter option, IMHO.
Canon speedlite 430EX [Posted on 2008-07-30]
The Speedlite and service were both supper.
the 430EX is out standing for the money,
a Pro item at less cost.
Thank You Very much
Bill Hatch
I love it [Posted on 2008-07-30]
Used together with a diffuser like the Sto-fen Omni-bounce, this is will give you wonderful portrait effects - although you can bounce it without a diffuser off the ceiling or walls with good results. I would recommend the Omni-bounce, or similar, when you purchase this.
There are additional features on the more expensive 580 unit but I don't think an amateur like me will need them.
When your Canon camera is in aperture-priority, the 430 will provide a fill light for the foreground letting the background be lit with ambient light. This is perfect for portraits and for more artistic effects with warmer colors. And since you can regulate the Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC) from the camera - you can do it on the unit as well - you have a great diffused, complementary light source.
This can be used in P mode for minimum worries - but the flash will be the dominant light source.
You can do high-speed syncs with this flash as well - so if you are taking a wide-aperture portrait outdoors and the shutter is 1/1000 of a second, that's no problem - when high-speed sync is on, the 430 will fire extremely brief flashes to cover the curtain movement evenly. So you're not limited to 1/200 of a second for a speed or another slow speed.
It will do a rear-curtain sync if you set it (on the camera or 430). This is if you are shooting with a slow speed and your subjects are moving and you want the flash to fire near the end of the shutter being open so as to catch them frozen in movement with a trail behind them.
The cycle times are not a problem for me. I can take lots of candid or posed shots back-to-back with little difficulty (but I use primes a lot which don't need a lot of additional light). When the batteries start running low... well that's a problem.
I have also used it with decent effects for those impossible flash shots - photos of people outside in the dark at a party, or photos of people dancing on a darkened dance floor in the distance. In those cases I did point the flash directly at them although I used an Omni-bounce or the "Fong dong" with its plastic cap as the large light source.
When the flash unit is pointed at the subject, it automatically adjusts for the lens - at least it will for Canon lenses.
What more needs to be said... [Posted on 2008-08-06]
Well, what more needs to be said that hasn't been said in the last 100+ reviews...
The flash is well built and seems to work great with the Canon 40D. It does add a fair amount of weight to an already heavy camera. I haven't used it enough to really know what I'm doing, so I can't give it a full review.
I took advantage of 'super saver' shipping I was worried that my order would take a back seat to the paying customers. Amazon shipped my order right away! I have my new flash in three days!! My only complaint is the packaging. The box it was shipped in was only slightly larger than the box the flash comes in. There was very little padding in the box, only two of the six sides. The flash seems to be fine, but only time will tell.
The flash (so far) gets 5 stars, only because of the packaging did I not give a full 5 stars.
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