Customer Reviews

54MZ-4C Flash Kit for Canon Digital SLRs

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Before I bought this flash I didn't do much indoor photography, the standard flash on the Canon EOS20D just isn't enough for the sort of events I attend and you typically can't get close enough for it to do a reasonable job.

It took me a while to find the trick to getting the flash into E-TTL mode (select TTL mode then use the roller to add the E), but once I had I turned my combination of flash, Tokina 24-200 and EOS20D and battery grip into one big point and shoot. It's certainly not a light weight setup. I photographed a company party in a room about 100x60 feet on my first outing. Mostly I used bounce flash at short focal lengths, the flash zooms to match the lens. Sometimes I used 200mm focal length from 60' or more away and even did some whole room shots. About 95% were properly exposed. I still need to learn some more about the bounce flash and sometimes I think the E-TTL metering can be fooled, but that's the camera and not the flash. 279 flash pictures and all on the same set of four 2500mAh NiMH rechargeables.

work great, give me more control of the flash, easy to use I like it

I purchased this flash and has taken 4 months to wade through the most illogical and poorly written instruction manual. This manual has to rate as one of the worst - by far.

I had to resort to being mentored by a professional that also uses one. Most of the Metz features are not in the book in any form that can be understood by a college graduate.

If you do not know flash units, as was my case, you will never figure out how the darn thing works.

The flash perform very well and recommend it over the Canon flash units.

I use it on a Canon 5D. Glad I got it, but I would have been constantly calling the Company to get a handle on its use [if it were not for friends help].

Note: After dropping it I purchased a Canon 580EX II. The 580 is a superior flash, but was not available when I got the Metz 54. I also retract my comment about the Metz being better than Canon. The Metz does not have Ettl capabilities like the 580.