Indispensable to embellish your photos

Often when we start in the photo, we receive a lot of advice and is documented elsewhere. Some will make you the praises of a particular type of material (often expensive) and you will not feel really well equipped (how ??? you do not have the L series lens and 1Ds Mark III case you do ??? can never take pictures without it !!!).
However, always keep in mind that most DSLR housings are not sold only to professionals who make the photo very regularly. For my part, I do a lot of pictures indoors, especially in winter. The built-in flash of my EOS 50D's powerful, can be a bit too much sometimes. You've probably already had white and really present a rather poorly distributed light. A solution: the external flash and in this case, the speedlite 430EXII! It is an essential accessory for all situations that require a light intake.

In a very simple, it will connect perfectly on your case, its fastening system with a ring ensure a perfect anchorage. From this point you can choose between several operating modes: Full Auto to manual mode. Personally, I use it in any car and the box handles the rest alone. Communication between the two elements is total there to turn the ring of your lens focal length to see appear on the LCD (backlit if you press the appropriate button). In addition, when one leaves the diffuser, the flash metering knows its power accordingly. The swivel head 180 ° and 90 ° up really well thought to play indirect lighting. The recycle time is very short and it is much appreciated. In short, to sum up, I have only good things to say in view of its price (bought 210 but since it seems he increased). Another plus, it comes with its case which is not always the case with Canon products.

Strengths:
- Power, efficiency
- ETTL2 fashion fully compatible with recent boxes
- Adjustable head
- Ease of use
- Quality manufacturing
- Report on clichés
- Short recycle time and synchronization for bursts

So can we find him weaknesses ??? certainly, but that's not what made me choose another model.
- Operation in slave only: it can be coupled to a master flash and will activate wirelessly ... I do not know if you'll utility.
- Weight: with 4 R6 on my case, it starts to weigh

Conclusion: You will not go wrong.