Customer Reviews

NEW DIGITAL CAMERA SLAVE FLASH FL/HVL/w Bracket & Cable by BOWER

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I am very pleased with this product. It performs as advertised. However, I have an issue with the design of fastening the flash to the camera. The thumbwheel and threads are plastic. When the thumbwheel is tightened to a certain point, there is slippage of the plastic threads, limiting the "tightness" of the flash to camera fit. Consequently, the flash has a tendency to wobble when attached to the camera, but, electrical contact is made. I believe metal threads would eliminate this problem.

I love the flash. It'll work wonderfully for what I need it for. I can attach it to my fujifilm finepix s9000 with the provided mounting bracket, and use both the flash as a slave, and the built in flash on the camera at once. Only one negative though, the mounting bracket is made of plastic. I anticipate it breaking if I'm not careful. Hopefully, before it does, I can find a metal one somewhere. Other than that, great!

The flash was good value, reasonable output for the money. The quick release mount looked a bit too flimsy to chance using it, so i used a spare knurled screw to mount the bracket and flash to the camera. The lack of a model number for the flash in the items for sale listing led me to buy this flash without some of the features I wanted (fill flash). I searched for Model Number SF328AZ and ended up with SF328, which is assumed was what i wanted. The quoted guide number as with most flashes is a bit ambitious, but close.

I have a Dimage Z3 with a reasonable built-in flash, but still need another flash for other situations. I was very enthusiastic to find this one on Amazon. And after reading your reviews, I decided to buy one. The shipping was quick b/c I got it in three days. However, since my z3 hotshoe does not fit the flash, I have to use the wireless connection. The instructions about setting up the connection are straight forward and the flash worked like a charm after the set up. I put it in different angles, close and away from my camera and it worked every time. Remember to move the cursor from the N back to other settings or it won't fire. I used it with my Samsung 1050 pocket camera and it worked as well.
I am very happy to get it and would highly recommend it.
I would give it a 5 stars, if the shoe wheel were stronger so it could better be tightened to the bracket. I also think the battery cover is weak and would go sooner for someone who has to replace the batteries more often.

I bought this unit to use as a slave for my Panasonic ZS5 compact camera. I am happy with the performance of the unit. It produces good light output on the telephoto end. The Panasonic has a wider (25mm) view then what the flash covers. So some pictures have a spot light effect. A little editing and adjustment of wide angle takes care of that problem.

Build quality is ok. The unit is made of cheap plastic and feels that way. The hot shoe connector feels weak and seems like it could break very easily. Manual zoom head needs to be pulled evenly or it will bind to the side. Overall I am happy with the unit and price point. You just have to be aware of the physical limitations and work with it. I would recommend the flash unit with precautions.

I rated this as a 4 Star as it is not intended to be professional quality, which relates to ruggedness.

This flash is ideal for the occasional photographer that needs a wide range of functionality, such as the zoom feature and tilt and slave flash!

Functions very well, perfectly in fact.

An excellent buy for the price.

All my photos comes out dark and red when using the S and telephoto mode on the flash itself. Flash has very short illumination range. Very bad skin tones with this flash. Used on a FZ35 lumix camera. The built in flash is much better using a facial tissue as diffuser. Returned the item, this store's customer service has been pretty good so far, they apologized for my disappointment and asked me to return the item to get a refund.

The Brower flash is very user friendly, being the easiest flash for digital cameras to sync with thw camera flash I have used out of three brands. the zoom feature allows for swvwral distances by simply extendind the lens.

My first attempt with this unit failed because teh Bower unit does not work with the Nikon Creative Lighting System.
I'll be using these in the future on a project that needs 6 or more lights that fire together "manually".

Junk.... It work but is very very limited. No power control just excessively bright useless light. The only way to get a good photo out of this is to bounce the flash off a wall or diffuse it multiple times.