Review on 📸 Revolutionizing Flash Photography: Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI with Auto Intelligent Technology by Lacey Mendoza

So I'm starting out with photography, not much so far, just a low to mid range eos camera and a pocket sized bridge camera. This breaks down the review into quality, how it works for both, and a summary of my thoughts and recommendations. The build quality is good. It's made in China if you're into those things. But it feels like a good hard plastic. The spinning motor is smooth, fast and when you move it by hand (and yes it's meant to be) it stays firmly in place. The range sensors are in the flash itself, it only has an optical slave mode (no RF or master mode). But I doubt it was intended for that purpose, it was intended for a beginner photographer or to advertise at very dynamic events (like weddings) and not someone with 4 extra flashes in a backlit room. It also has a feature that allows it to return to the neutral (forward-facing) position when you turn it back on. Can be a bit annoying because if you change batteries your settings will be lost. With Eos cameras keep in mind that they are intended for cameras after 2014 (I think). Works very well for me at first. It can only be an automatic ceiling bounce, so if you want to bounce off a wall you can use semi-automatic or manual mode. Calculates distance fairly well and ceiling jump results are as good as I can get, sometimes better with my limited experience. But photos always seem a bit flat. Canon can't do anything about it, it's just the downward direction limitations when using ceiling reflection. What I meant by that was that it worked fine initially, but after a few days I had an issue with all the submenus being blocked. If you remove the batteries and wait 5-10 minutes everything will go back to normal. Well this camera wasn't meant for anything other than the eos line but I had a g1x mark iii and wanted to see what it could do with it. Surprisingly, the semi-auto mode works on direction but not on distance setting (can't do it automatically or manually). I find this incredibly strange (more on that later). It's useful to set the point you want the lightning to bounce off of, and that's pretty much all it can do. All submenus were locked (even in manual mode) but I'm not sure if it's just because of this particular flash as I had the issue with the eos camera too. I would give 3.5 stars if I could. I don't blame him for the issues I had with the eos camera menu lock, I have a feeling it was either a defect in that separate flash or a software issue and I'm sure Canon will replace it or a firmware -Fix will release in the future. . I'm more concerned about intended user (minus one star) and compatibility (minus 1/2 star). For what you pay, the flash is about $80 less than Canon's top-of-the-line 600 ex rtii flash, it offers better comparability, longer range, brighter light, and RF master/slave capability. The only thing this one has is an automatic ceiling rebound, which is more of a gimmick. Don't get me wrong, this is great for a beginner photographer, but the price is so high it can put those people off and the options are too limited for professionals. In terms of compatibility, considering the sensor and the processor for data processing. all supposedly in the flash itself, I don't see why this can't be used for hot shoe guns. I don't really understand how the distance setting for the flash doesn't work as it could just be related to the zoom lever on the camera. It really does sound like a software issue and if Canon updates it they will reach a much wider audience like high-end hot shoe cameras. It's a real shame because I really like the idea behind this flash and I think it has a lot of potential. If Canon reps look into this, here are my recommendations when doing Mark II or subsequent work on this product. Expand the compatibility and lower the price of this model to reach a broader amateur market group that will really benefit from the Auto-Fail feature. Raise the price and expand the possibilities. To be honest I'd rather pay 700-800 if I felt it was a really powerful tool for the future. What I would like to see in this model would be: - Range and more features at 600 exrtii - Wider compatibility with other Canon lines as it's just a software issue - Ability to set Auto Wall Bounce (although it's not) . Definitely increased complexity from what I understand as the walls will most likely be a different color than white but hey if you add color measurement and compensation that would be awesome) Dude can really dream) Looking forward to Canon 670 exii ai rt ts!