Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash for Canon Digital SLR Cameras

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 4 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00006I548
• Item model number: MT-24EX
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Product Description

A versatile, adaptable lighting system for macro, scientific, medical, industrial, commercial, and advertising photography.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Canon MT24-EX Macro Twin Light, July 24, 2006

By	Jerry L. Wilson "bugswilson" (Elkland, MO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After years of manual flash macro work, recently in digital format with extension tubes on the Canon 100mm macro lens, I decided to cast a onsiderable sum of money at this twin light. Where I used to struggle just to get the correct exposure, now I'm able to concentrate on background (no night-looking flash fall-off anymore) and on modeling the light -- including little shiny aphids tended by ants! If you're serious about great macro work -- this is the flash to have.

I was worried about breaking the hot-shoe mount with rough field work, but the 45 degree angle of the mount adds stability. Even so, I bent up an aluminum strap bracket in my shop that surrounds the camera and flash -- a camera "roll bar."

There's a bit of a learning curve -- but when I tried manually setting the aperature (f22 is my lens's "sweet spot") and a shutter speed of 1/200 -- ISO 100 -- all of the exposures were perfect, because the ETTL function "dials in" the foregrand and background appropriately. I've used the same manual settings for just the macro lens, and for many variations of one to three extension tubes.

I've retired my 25 year-old Cokin flash unit that has served me so well with guess-timate exposures.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Macro Flash, November 28, 2008

By	Mark B. Kissel (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I do a lot of macro photography in the lab (mostly for forensic engineering work). While I was able to do a pretty decent job with enough available light and my 580EX, there were times that didn't work...and I missed some important shots; but not with the MT-24EX. The flexibility and versatility of this flash unit makes it the "one" to have for macro work. The ability to remove one or both flash heads and aim them right where you want is a terrific feature.

There are times when I have to capture moving subjects, and the high speed sync function works great when you need to push a faster shutter speed but still keep the fill flash ability. And as one of the other reviewers mentioned, you can set this flash for either master or slave mode; works great with my 580EX as a slave unit. I continue to be astounded by the quality of macro photos produced with this flash.


Bottom line: if you're serious about macro work, this flash is a must have.

Canon 50D, Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro USM, Canon EF25 extension tube

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Macro flash that is very versatile!, May 21, 2008

By	Catfish Photo - See all my reviews

What a great Macro/Close-up flash. The flash works great lens mounted or by romoving one or both of the heads (they also have tripod mounts on them). This makes this flash so versatile. Excellent Canon quality and performance. Ettl works flawless with my Rebel XTi! It is also able to control a slave and I believe it can also be used as a slave. I couldn't be happier with this flash!