nick_england2

<p>I have used Quantums and Godoxs with them.. That's possibly what fries them, but I do a lot of PR and event work where I need a quick recycle rate.<br /> Craig - Took a look on Strobist. Very useful. Am checking out the LumoPro 180 at the moment.</p>

<p>So, my 600EX has just broken, and it's going to cost $330 to fix it. The repair shop I sent that, and my 580EX, tell me that Canon no longer support parts for the 580EX, so that's toast. <br> My 550EX crapped up, can't be fixed (no support parts), and the 580EXII I sent to the repair shop bust after spending $250 fixing that.<br> Let me put in perspective, that I'm a working freelancer, and I use the flash units a lot and am pretty hard on them.<br> However, in the last four years, I've had five Canon flashes crap up on me, have sent them in for repair, but they don't last long.<br> I'm beginning to get a little pissed off with their flashes, and am now looking for an alternative.<br> A mate uses a Nikon SB910 in manual on his Canon 1DX, and is perfectly happy with that. He had similar problems with Canon and switched to Nikon flashes. Am thinking of doing the same.<br> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good alternative to Canon? <br> Secondly, he's not sure about the voltage on an SB910 compatible with the hotshoe on a 1DX? He's happy with it, but I've read varying reports about compatibility issues (like frying the hotshoe) of using differing non Canon voltage flashes on Canon bodies.<br> Anyone got any experience of this cross brand usage?<br> Cheers,<br> Nick</p>