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Small/lightweight flash for traveling
John Gwillim, Photographer
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Boston | MA | USA | Posted: 4:55 PM on 05.07.10 |
->> Hi there,
I have been traveling for the past two months and brought a 430 EX II with me for my 5d2. I have yet to use it even once and am already pretty sick of carrying it around. Does anyone know of any compact options for a flash that would fire on a Canon body? I do not need E-TTL or anything like that; if there were a few manual levels that would be great. I know Canon makes the 220EX flash, but I would honestly rather have something that is all manual rather than TTL...even an old Vivitar or Sunpak model would be great if I could get it to fire.
I have a friend meeting me in a few weeks so I have a chance to switch out my 430 for something else....size is probably the most important factor to me above all else. I generally like shooting low light all of the time, so this is just for those rare instance where I really need an on camera flash.
Thanks for any ideas,
John |
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Philip Johnson, Photographer
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Garland | TX | USA | Posted: 5:42 PM on 05.07.10 |
| ->> Instead of the 220EX look at the newer 270EX. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 7:12 PM on 05.07.10 |
| ->> There are tiny flashes (220ex/270ex sunpak rd2000), but they are all e-ttl only as far as I'm aware. |
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Ian L. Sitren, Photographer
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Palm Springs | CA | USA | Posted: 3:06 PM on 05.08.10 |
| ->> A pro photographer friend of mine uses the Canon 270 on his G11 and loves it. |
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Nick Morris, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 2:09 AM on 05.09.10 |
->> If you're not looking for a major amount of light and just fill I have used a little light that Pelican (yes Pelican Case) puts out. It's a tiny dual LED that puts out some light for being so tiny. I used it quite a few times and it does a fairly cool job in a pinch.
http://www.pelican.com/lights_detail.php?recordID=2220 |
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James Madelin, Photographer
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AKL | Auckland | New Zealand | Posted: 1:21 AM on 05.18.10 |
->> i'd suggest either a lumopro LP120, or a second hand nikon sb28.
for manual control, i don't know of any flash that's anywhere near the size of the canon 270EX, but the lumopros and sb28s are smaller than the 430s, and lighter. |
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Thomas Webb, Student/Intern
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Gilroy | CA | USA | Posted: 2:18 AM on 05.18.10 |
| ->> We use Pelican products in the fire service (flashlights, not flashes) but those things are built like rocks, they will take all kinds of punishment. I own some LumoPro LP120's, and while they are great lights, they aren't the most durable things I've ever owned. The plastic hot-shoe mount can be a bit flimsy, doesn't hold up as well as a metal-bodied speedlite. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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| ->> Find a Vivitar 283. You can't kill it and its small. |
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Jason Orth, Photographer
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Lincoln | NE | USA | Posted: 5:42 PM on 05.18.10 |
| ->> If you don't need bounce, look for an old Canon speedlite from the FD days. I still use a Canon Speedlite 166a from my first camera, an AE-1 as a slave light. Two auto settings and manual. Not real powerful, but works. |
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