What no TTL .... And now?

Okay exciting it is now no longer, as I have already said the most important thing in principle, but why you should buy it, and especially why I think TTL something nice, but not a necessary feature is veruche I bring you closer. In the first part, I will explain how the general work, the feel and the performance of the flash are and will bring closer after my opinion on TTL.

Briefly together:
-good feel, a quality image
Display illuminated, easy to read front, but when you look at the screen at an angle barely legible
-Feststellschraube Does what it should and sits.
-Blitzkopf Easily swiveled in all directions, as it should be.
More you do not have to write on these issues.

Now to work with the flash:
On the camera, the flash feels angnehm because it has not too much weight.

In the light intensity of the flash is very attractive. A fine setting to 1/128 it can also be used as fill.
Ansosnten I'm more the type who unleashed flash. Here, the Yongnuo RF603C II Funkauslöser are very good, which I have also written a review because they are the first affordable and easy to do what they should. Triggering by a remote trigger is thereby simplifying that the YN560-III contains a built-in radio trigger. But as a problem, in which I will go into more detail on it in connection with the menu.
Another problem that just shows when to unleash, is that you can not have either full on the display due to the usually higher and inclined flash, as this is only if and well lesabar. As with ATMs, the screen becomes unreadable when it looks sideways. Thus, it is, if you use a closer look at the display, inevitable to displace the light source. What the results should then be clear, the process is already slowed down considerably. However, if you buttons for a while knows, does that change the luminous intensity and blind by hand.

This brings us to the menu. The menu itself is well structured and clearly, after a short trial and error, most functions already understood. Only a brief explanation of each mode should be read in the manual. But are much more important the information on basic settings that are not intuitively reachable. This includes the setting of the radio trigger. Because the Lightning do it make a difference from one uses the RF603 or RF602, and that's what needs to be adjusted. But if you overcome this hurdle is really comfortable to have the operation of the flash. Quick Note for guidance: What a bad German. This really is an impertinence and an embarrassment to the company.

So much for the Bltiz. To sum up: Top Product.
There remains the question you really need TTL and therefore cost 100 more.

In my opinion, NO !!!
That is because I quickly realized that I often make the settings yourself, as I also, when the flash sits on the camera, bounce the light on ceilings or walls. This can not know exactly how strong the flash must be now the camera. When off-camera flash even less. Therefore, I have saved the money and invest in a decent softbox.
A point that I have only recently come to know me in the acquisition, however, is too expensive, that one can use in a TTL Punk efficiently. If you look from the Yongnuo YN560-TX outdated. Here, the settings of the YN560-TX is sent to the flash instead of the camera settings. Means making the Blitzeinstellugnen manually and very comfortable without annoying menus in the camera menu on the camera on the spot. Unnecessary running around falls away. However, the TTL capable flashes that are needed for more expensive, so they are priced uninteresting for serious amateur photographers who are not rolling in money. If you have the wherewithal, you can buy studio lights also.

So much for my opinion. If you still have questions, just ask, I am willing to give answers or to clean up further ambiguities.

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