Flash for Canon EOS 300

[sajeev_chacko]

How good is EZ 300 speedlite for Canon EOS 300. Is it better than the in build flash. If yes, then how good. How about a second hand EZ 300. Will it be good enough compared to the in build flash.

 

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Thanks

[jimstrutz]

The 300EZ has no E-TTL metering, high speed sync, flash exposure

lock, zoom head or tilt & swivel for bounce flash. I'd save my money

for a Canon 420EX, 550EX, or a Sigma EF500 Super.

[sajeev_chacko]

thanks jim. then how about 430 EZ. it has A-TTL metering, high speed

sync, zoom and other facilities which you mentioned. it doesn't have

E-TTL metering. how will that difference (E-TTL and A-TTL) affect the

film exposure how bad is it compared to the EX series speedlites

within the same price range.

 

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thanks

[jimstrutz]

The 430EZ does have TTL and A-TTL capabilities, but I believe, the

EOS 300 only has E-TTL or TTL capabilities. That's okay, since A-TTL

isn't much of an improvement over straight TTL. Canon's regular TTL

system is as good as anyone's. It does a decent job. I believe the

EOS 300 will still bias the exposure towards the active AF point.

 

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E-TTL metering will be better under some conditions where the scene

offers a lot of contrast or other difficult situations. E-TTL also

gives better balanced fill flash without additional FEC.

 

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The 430EZ does not offer; high speed sync (FP Flash), Flash Exposure

Lock (FEL) or wireless. It does offer a Flash Exposure Compensation

(FEC) though and that's a big adavantage over the 200E, 300EZ, 420EZ,

220EX, 380EX and 420EX. But you have to get some experience with it

to figure out when & how much you want to apply.

 

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For the EOS 300, and any other E-TTL capable camera, I hesitate to

recommend any flash that doesn't make good use of E-TTL's better

metering and additional features.

[legnum]

EOS-300 does have ATTL,when an EZ flash is used.

Actually,canon's ETTL isn't much superior to either TTL or ATTL (just

think of the EOS-1N,it has no ETTL but still give very good flash

photo)

ETTL also does not worth the much higher price of EX flash.

When choosing a flash,it is more important to consider the GN, the

zoom range and the movement of the flash head(both vertical and

horizontal)Those advanced features like FP,2nd curtain

sychro,wireless slave....are less important.

Don't think that only canon's flash works better with canon

body,third-party equipments also.

[jimstrutz]

"...canon's ETTL isn't much superior to either TTL or

ATTL... ...ETTL also does not worth the much higher price..."

 

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Balderdash, Legnum. E-TTL metering is superior to TTL, & A-TTL is a

joke. TTL & A-TTL work fine for most situations, but for off center

subjects and scenes with high contrast, E-TTL is better and provides

a higher percentage of correct exposures.

 

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"Those advanced features like FP,2nd curtain sychro,wireless

slave....are less important."

 

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Not if you need FEL, FP or wireless. There are many situations where

these features are vastly more important than a higher GN. By the

way E & EZ Series flashes are capable of second curtain sync.

 

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"Don't think that only canon's flash works better with canon

body,third-party equipments also."

 

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Well, we at least agree on this. The Sigma EF500 Super has E-TTL,

FEC, FEL, FP, multi-wirelesss E-TTL with ratios, tilt & swivel, power

zoom, manual, second curtain sync & nearly every other feature of

Canon 550EX, for half the price.

 

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I would never recommend a flash without E-TTL for a EOS 300 though.

The features and metering improvements are worth paying extra for.

[armi]

I also want to buy a new flash for my EOS 300. What do you think

about Archiever 630 AF? It is full dedicated for this body? What is a

system TTL in this flash?

 

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Regards,

 

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Armi

[miha_valencic1]

Sajeev, buy E-TTL flash. Maybe you will upgrade your body, maybe you

will want to do some studio work or something, so you'll want greater

controll. Buy E-TTL, Canon, Sigma, whatever you prefer. I can tell

you that Sigma Super 500 is one great flash, packed with features and

it will work great with EOS 300.

 

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On the other hand, if you just need the extra light with no features

and have no ambitions, buy the cheapest available flash. If you know

someone who owns E-TTL capable flash, borrow it if you can, and test

it.

 

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rgds,

Miha.