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Mar 18, 2011
Great flash for good value
6 of 6 found this helpful I bought two YN-560s for my beginning strobist setup consisting of two lightstands with umbrellas. Right from the get-go, the flashes have been working great. I have yet to put them through some rigorous use but preliminary results look good. Just to specify, I received the flashes with the metal foot for connection to the hot shoe. Apparently, there were problems with the plastic shoe version that were addressed in this new one. I was also looking at the Lumopro 160 but at half the price, the 560 is hard to beat. No TTL on it but for me it's fine; I've been wanting to learn how to use flash on manual in order to get consistent lighting.
- Price: five times cheaper than a SB-900 but similar in power. I read reports that show the stated guide number is a bit of an overestimate but still puts it near the SB-900 and the 580EXII.
- Construction: it feels well built and hefty. It doesn't feel cheap. The battery door works great and doesn't feel like it'll fall off from too many opens and closes. Like I said before, the metal foot connects great and the connection feels sturdy.
- Interface: really easy to use. Two buttons for zooming the head in and out. Two buttons for adjusting power up and down. One button to change the mode (manual, optical slave).
- Range of motion: only 270 degrees (180 one way, 90 the other). Not a big deal unless you're using it on-camera and wanting to bounce off a wall behind you.
- Optical slave: I have some radio flash triggers that I was pairing up with these guys but had a chance to play with the slaves before they arrived. It worked great with the Nikon flash and I didn't have any misfires or lack of fire; although I was indoors and in a room with light colored walls so that would've helped the slaves.
- Recycle time: with fresh batteries the recycle time is ~3-4 seconds. With used up batteries the recycle time obviously increases to almost ~5-7 seconds. But I was firing them at full power when I could've probably decreased the power a bit and opened up the aperture a bit more.
Time will tell how good these guys are as I put them through their paces, but for now I don't see anything that would prevent me from recommending them to a friend.
Mar 19, 2011
Great alternative to pricey lense
Originally I rented this lens for a wedding since I didn't have anything in that range at f/2.8 constant throughout. Internal focusing is quick even in lower light conditions. Unfortunately or fortunately, Sigma discontinued this lens is coming out with a image stabilized version but considering that would probably add another 500 bucks to the price, I'll be keeping this one.
Pros
- quick focus motor even in low light.
- internal focusing means there's no change to the length of the lens when you zoom out
- price! The Nikon equivalent to this lens (55-200mm f/2.8) goes for almost $2K
- feels well builts
Cons
- quality control. Some copies have major front or back focusing issues. Sigma does a great job recalibrating these; I'd rather not lose my lens for 2 or so weeks.
- no image stabilization. It would probably be helpful if I was taking shots constantly in low light conditions, but most of my shots are portraits done in good light.
Mar 19, 2011
Great alternative to pricey lense
Originally I rented this lens for a wedding since I didn't have anything in that range at f/2.8 constant throughout. Internal focusing is quick even in lower light conditions. Unfortunately or fortunately, Sigma discontinued this lens is coming out with a image stabilized version but considering that would probably add another 500 bucks to the price, I'll be keeping this one.
Pros
- quick focus motor even in low light.
- internal focusing means there's no change to the length of the lens when you zoom out
- price! The Nikon equivalent to this lens (55-200mm f/2.8) goes for almost $2K
- feels well builts
Cons
- quality control. Some copies have major front or back focusing issues. Sigma does a great job recalibrating these; I'd rather not lose my lens for 2 or so weeks.
- no image stabilization. It would probably be helpful if I was taking shots constantly in low light conditions, but most of my shots are portraits done in good light.