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  Q. Canon speedlights
           Asked by Clive Harrison    (K=10) on 5/14/2007
Is there any appreciable differences (apart from cost) between the 540EZ and 580EX speedlights (I am using a 5D)?

Thanks for any tips

Clive


    


Jeroen Wenting  Donor  (K=24628) - Comment Date 5/14/2007
Speedlight is a registered trademark of Nikon...

ALWAYS get the most powerful you can afford, and if that isn't the most powerful on the market you may want to consider saving up.




Clive Harrison   (K=10) - Comment Date 5/15/2007
Jeroen, I apologise for my miss-spelling there I meant to ask about speedlites




Jan Hoffman  Donor  (K=38998) - Comment Date 5/15/2007
Clive -- check out this article:
http://www.photo.net/equipment/canon/580ex/
There are some new features on the 580EX including a few that do not work with 5D. One big difference is increased light output (effective guide number) and better power conservation.
--Jan




Brian E. Chilson   (K=940) - Comment Date 6/9/2007
the biggest problem is that the 540 EZ wont work in TTL on the 5D. The EZ series flashes were made for film cameras - there are differences between the way film and digital sensors reflect light - so in TTL mode the EZ cameras will only work on a small number of settings on a digital body.




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