- Robust four-section black anodized aluminum monopod
- Sure rubber grip
- Quick action lever leg lock system
- Wrist carrying strap
Follow the action and keep your horizons true, shot after shot. And, when you move your camera for a different view, you can reset it level in seconds. No more fussing with blurry pictures or tired arms. Opteka’s legendary craftsmanship and state-of-the-art engineering creates a unique professional monopod, ideal for today’s photographer: whether shooting digital, film or compact video. Robust four-section black anodized aluminum monopod featuring sure rubber grip, wrist carrying strap, quick ac
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Low light focus,
I use this external flash unit with my Canon Rebel xTi. The flash does a great job calculating the amount of light it needs to release to expose the photo, making grossly over exposed or underexposed photos a thing of the past. The ability to bounce the flash off of medium height white ceilings gives you great looking photos to the point where I now prefer using my flash instead of relying on high ISOs, fast lenses and low aperature numbers. Although flash photography is a tricky subject, the casual shooter can leave this flash in automatic mode and get wonderfully exposed photos. However, in my opinion, the BEST PART of this external flash is that it enables you to focus MUCH faster than the built in flash and this is reason alone to pick up the Speedlite 430EX II. Previously, when shooting in low light settings, the camera/lens would struggle to focus and the flash would emit several highly annoying test flashes. The Speedlite has no problem finding and focusing on your subject in low lit catering halls and dark rooms and it does so without the annoying test flashes. Great product!
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|Indoor miracles,
I had been holding off on purchasing an external flash for my XTI for months, making up all sorts of excuses as to why I shouldn’t own one. It’s too big, I’ll never use it, $200+ for a flash of light is obscene and on and on the excuses went. My wife surprised me by getting me one for my birthday and after using it for 6 months I couldn’t be happier. How did I ever live without this thing?
I take a lot of pictures indoors of my son. He’s a 9 month old boy that’s not quite ready to be outside all the time. I’ve got the 50mm 1.8 but it just isn’t fast enough in the dim lighting of our home and the on camera flash is worthless. Ever since I got this flash I’d say that 80% of the pictures I take indoors and outdoors are taken with this flash. Below is a list of all of the pro’s and cons I could come up with.
Pros:
- Fast recycle time. I can take several burst shots in 1 second and the flash fires each time. You won’t miss many pictures because the flash isn’t ready (like with the built in flash).
- TTL is awesome. This flash is much smarter than I’ll ever be. Shots are almost always perfectly exposed.
- Lots of manual controls, easy to override TTL.
- Very powerful.
- On rechargeable double A’s I get 400-500 shots easy without recharging.
- High speed sync lets you take pics at any shutter speed with a flash (although the distance the flash travels is greatly reduced).
- Tilt 90 degrees /Turn 180 degrees lets you bounce of ceilings or off a wall behind you.
- AF assist is much less invasive than the horrible on camera flash assist and it really helps you focus in low light. Just a red light is send out instead of the crazy electricity storm the XTI sends out for AF assist.
- Well built. Sturdy metal foot, nice locking mechanism.
- Rear sync lets me get sharp pictures indoors with any lens I own at 1/30 of a second or even less at times.
Cons:
- The buttons are hard to push if you have big fingers.
- It’s big and adds weight to the camera.
- It can’t control any other flashes you may own. This flash can only act as a slave.
- Flashes are addictive, I wish I had a second or a third…
If you’re thinking about the 580exII:
- The 580ex II can act as a master flash over other canon flashes without losing TTL.
- It’s more powerful(58m vs 43m at ISO 100).
- The batteries last from 100-700 pics.
- It can swivel 180 degrees both ways instead of just one way and it can tilt downwards slightly.
- It’s dust and water resistant
- Included bounce tab (you can just use an index card).
- I’m sure there’s other things I’m missing…
- It’s a lot more expensive.
- It’s a little bigger and heavier.
Since getting this flash and taking around 10,000 pictures with it I can honestly say it’s been the single best investment I’ve made towards improving my photography to date. The uses for a flash are endless. Even outdoors you’ll start seeing shadows you never noticed before that you’d like to lighten up with a flash. Oh and I’m not kidding about wanting to own more than 1. After getting an umbrella and a radio trigger you quickly realize how nice it would be to have a second or even third flash to make things just perfect. Stop procrastinating and just get it. You’ll be happy you did.
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|“The” Upgrade for your Canon Camera,
I read a quote where someone said they’d rather have a good flash than another lens. Bingo! And this is a GREAT flash. I didn’t own the original 580, so I can’t comment on that. I do however own the 430EX and this is a terrific upgrade from that already very capable flash.
The 580 – in case you don’t know – is capable of serving as the master in a master/slave relationship with other Canon flashes. It can, when used in ETTL mode, configure and determine the flash needs of up to three sets of flashes. You can set ratios, create sets and program everything from this one flash.
Alone, it’s one powerful little beast! True, it’s not a studio monolight, but try taking a set of those out to the park – or even the front yard – to get shots of the kids on prom night. This is a lot bigger than my 430, but not so big that it isn’t part of my ‘everyday’ kit.
For those considering a lesser flash – if you ever intend to use multiple flashes or need a more powerful flash, that 430 or 220 will limit what you can do. If I could do it all over again, I’d certainly purchase the 580 first, last and everything in between.
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