[mattb123]

After a couple of good years of service I broke my EF-530 Super today. I was xc skiing to shoot a fat (snow) bike race and had a very minor fall from a standstill that just popped the base off the flash. I've contacted Sigma to see if I can get it fixed but in the mean time decided to order a nicer Metz with a metal foot. Hopefully that wouldn't just break the camera when it gets hit instead. I considered the new WR flashes but they are so expensive and I have not had problems with not having WR flashes.

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Last edited by mattb123; 02-24-2014 at 09:07 AM.

[j2photos]

I think I would be happy with a plastic foot, Id rather have my flash break than my camera

[crewl1]

I think I would be happy with a plastic foot, Id rather have my flash break than my camera

+1 glad the cam is ok.

BTW that whole sentence coming from me would be more like 'I was watching XC skiing from my couch and reached to get a fat doughnut from the coffee table and accidentally bumped my camera with flash and it fell off the table and the flash broke

[EarlVonTapia]

in the mean time decided to order a nicer Metz with a metal foot. Hopefully that wouldn't just break the camera when it gets hit instead.

I thought the reason they made flashes with plastic foots was so that the foot would break instead of the hotshoe.

[kev.pride]

I did the same the part is easy to replace, I purchased from local Sigma agents.

Thought they were safe on the passenger seat - amazing how quick they travel through the air.

I'd rather break the foot of the flash than the camera.

Kevin

[mattb123]

Yeah, I considered that too. I'm thinking/hoping with this fall it would have held and not broken the camera if it was metal because it was really a very light bump. The cold may have played a part as well, although it wasn't that cold.
There are other reasons I've lusted after that Metz and the trigger is now pulled (power, A mode, additional front facing flash to use when bouncing main). The Sigma will hopefully live again once I can get it fixed.