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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-01-2010, 07:21 PM
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Hi Dave,
I have the YN-560 and a Metz 58 AF-1. The Yongnuo works fine for on-camera flash on my K20D ("fine" as in, it fires) and I'm pretty sure I tried it out on the wife's Kx without any dramas as well. It is a fully manual flash, so be prepared to use your camera in M, adjusting the shutter, aperture and flash strength to suit (possibly changing) conditions.
Both flashes work great for off camera flash stuff (I'm using Cactus V4 triggers), where perhaps the YN-560 actually has a small advantage as it's quicker to adjust power settings (have to dig through menus with the Metz) and has a very functional slave mode in case of trigger trouble. The Metz is certainly more powerful, but I rarely if ever am firing them at full power anyway.
For on-camera stuff, it is nice to have the features of the Metz (high speed sync, P-TTL, etc) and I'm not sure of the prices for the gear over there (I got my YN560 for about US$65 here in HK), but I'd say overall (for me) the YN is the one to go for.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Joe
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