Review on Nissin i40 Compact Flashgun for Canon Cameras by Riko Long ᠌
The best product, from those that I have viewed, I advise everyone!
I was looking for a compact flash on a Canon 5D Mark2 camera to shoot camping life in the mountains. Canon Speedlite 580EXII, which I use for shooting corporate events, is not very suitable for these purposes. The 5D Mark2 with a 24-105 4L lens and a 580EXII flash is uncomfortable to carry around the mountains around the neck, and it’s easy to break it. Considered options Canon 80EX, 270EX and 320EX, but rejected for one reason or another. Then I looked at the budget Nissin 466, but the angle of inclination is only vertical. As a result, I came across a compact Nissin i40, studied the reviews, climbed onto ebay and I already have it for relatively sane money. Read the pros and cons above. For my purposes, the perfect flash. Nimble, light, fast with all the necessary bells and whistles and easy to manage + performs well as a slave flash. In my opinion, a surprisingly good compact flash. There aren't many things in this world that are nice to own. You can pay extra for this :)
- - compact: 85 x 85 x 61 mm (several times smaller than the Canon 580EXII) - powerful: guide number 40 (105mm) and 27 (24mm) - fast recycle time: 0.1-4 sec, depending on flash output and battery quality - relatively light: 203 gr. + 4 AA batteries (120 gr.) - AF illuminator 0.7-5 m. - automatic or manual zoom (24-105mm) with indicator - the head rotates in all directions, both horizontally + -180 degrees, and vertically 0-90 degrees. - Supports E-TTL/E-TTL II synchronization protocols - Slave TTL, Slave Digital (SD), Slave Analog (SF) modes. - Front and rear curtain sync. - High-speed sync allows you to work in aperture priority mode at short and long shutter speeds. In this case, shutter speeds are set by the camera from a few seconds to ten-thousandths. - can work remotely in various modes, both in the first flash and in the second - there is a video backlight mode with 9-step brightness control. - convenient 2 wheels for controlling modes, power and flash exposure compensation - you can control the flash modes from the camera (5DM2) - despite its compact size, it is powered by 4 AA batteries, i. E. rate of fire is high. I did not feel much difference from the 580th. - Durable metal hot shoe and quick release button - convenient built-in wide-angle diffuser and reflector for sparkle in the eyes - outer diffuser cover included (16mm) - convenient compact case on a belt
- - on the Canon 5DMII camera, unlike the native one, there is no control as a leader and power bracketing does not work - in manual mode "M" the pulse power setting step is - 1st stage 1/2, 1/4 -1/256, I would like to be more precise - after turning off the flash, the settings are not saved - only 4 steps of head installation 24-50-80-105 - no indication of battery level - video light mode is quite frail, but better than nothing at all - expensive: offers on the market 14,500 -16,500.
