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The mecablitz 52 AF-1 digital Flash from Metz is a shoe mount flash, with an illuminated rear touchscreen, designed to be compatible with Canon cameras featuring E-TTL / E-TTL II. This flash also has a high guide number of 170' at ISO 100 and 105mm as well as a built-in USB port that allows for future firmware updates via the internet. A high quality metal base allows quick and easy attachment to the camera. The 52 AF-1 is designed to fully support a Canon camera's E-TTL / E-TTL II system. It can be operated as a TTL slave unit that can be controlled by the camera's own built-in commander mode or as a master itself. The flash also features an auto zoom head from 24-105mm that can be set to match the camera's sensor, a full bounce and swivel head (with a fully swiveling reflector system which also contains a flip-out reflector card and a diffuser), a built-in wide angle diffuser for 12mm coverage, and in addition, full manual control from 1/1 to 1/128 power in 1/3 steps.
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Mount Shoe Guide No. 170.6' / 52 m ISO 100 at 105 mm Position Angle of Coverage 90° Wide-Angle Adapter: 300° Vari-Power 1/1 to 1/128 Bounce Head Yes Swivel Head Yes, 300° Zoom Head Full Frame: 24 - 105 mm Off-Camera Terminal None Recycle Time Approximately 0.1 to 3.5 Seconds Flash-Ready Indicator Yes Wireless Communication Channels 4 Channels Wireless Groups 3 Groups Power Source 4 x AA Batteries Dimensions (W x H x D) 2.9 x 5.3 x 3.5' / 7.4 x 13.5 x 8.9 cm Weight 12.20 oz / 345.87 g Without batteries Package Weight 2.05 lb Box Dimensions (LxWxH) 8.7 x 6.1 x 4.0'. Rated 2 out of 5 by Matt from Not Worth the Money to Me The flash has plenty of power, and is intended to be on par with the 580EXII.
It works well enough in that respect, but it certainly not a Canon flash. The touchscreen is rather a pain to use. Also, the flash is not fully compatible with the PocketWizard FlexTT5 system. You will not be able to control the power of the flash using the AC3 Controller. This to me is a major failing; unfortunately, there had been no compatibility reports published when I bought the flash.
Also, when the flash is in Manual mode, it cannot be triggered by PocketWizards, although I haven't tried a shoe->PC cord adapter. But then, you wouldn't have any power level controls. Also, if you are using the flash in Master mode, the pre-flashes are extremely annoying and distracting.
I would much rather use the infrared system built into the 580EXII, instead of wasting battery on pre-flashing the actual flash. Speaking of which, battery life on this flash is pretty bad; it really sucks up the batteries. If all you need is an on-camera TTL flash, this might fit your needs. Rated 2 out of 5 by Photofare from Touchscreen is difficult to use I'm just starting to do events that require flash photography so I bought this flash as my starter flash.
Since I know very little about hot shoe flashes, I can't really comment on how well the flash operates as a flash. However, I can say that the touch screen is terrible. I have thin, slim fingers, and I still struggled to hit the right spot on the touchscreen, and then have the screen react.
Almost always I had to push 2-3 times to change to a different screen. Even if you were able to master hitting the screen just perfectly every time to have it react (I returned the product within 3 days of getting it), it just operates too slowly. For someone like me, who is trying to learn how to use a hot shoe, this is simply not the product to buy.
It took too much effort to operate - I had to spend my focus on getting the screen to go where I wanted to go, which took away from my focus on learning.