This is a warning to all those souls out there who are after TTL flash.
Like the naive me
)) I have two YN560 flashes which work great but I wanted to try out the Metz.
Do
NOT buy the stinking
Metz - Mecablitz 58 AF
not sure how good the Pentax AF540 is but it CANNOT be worse. The Metz
underexposes and overexposes in wireless is it wants to. Bounced flash underexposes and overexposes just as it wishes. Has no manual control or it is so tedious you will not even find it. Has weird interface - are you going to take pictures or torture yourself with it?
But wait... what is not all... the worst of all ....
it does have an
AWFUL light color. So bad that makes me vomit when I look at my pictures. There is this BLUE tint to the light I wonder how to correct this s**t maaaan what a crap!!! Holy YONGNUO 560 I love you
))
Beleive it or not the build of the Chineese YN560 for 50USD is surerior to the 550 USD Metz!!! I use the YN560 with Phottix Aster remote from Amazon and with PC sync cable (2USD) from eBay.
Lucky me
AMAZON is where I purchased the Metz too and they will spare me more troubles in this case - this little junk goes back on Monday.
Also, I have 2x YN560 flashes and I am happy to work with them. Go get one - it has very good neutral color light, it is powerful and easy to use, a little bulky but for a good reason.
Also I discovered that there are some light artifacts when testing it. Wow how is it possible that it gets prised at the "best flash in the world" ??? Dont know... just wanted to let you know what I found and I am really surprised to be honest.
The Mecablitz 58 AF-1 won the EISA Award for “best flash unit in Europe 2007/2008″. Review: Metz Mecablitz 58 AF-2 Digital - IT Enquirer on Photography and Video