Purchased this unit 3 months ago as a supplement to my 580ex Mark I. The flash is really good at making the exposure right. The new body feels better with the rubberized grabs on the side. Overall I recommend it. Works well with my EOS-1d Mark III camera. You can set all of the custom functions from the camera and the flash remembers.
Now the ugly. Since I have purchased this flash maybe twice I have had the flash go out on me without warning (batteries). Sure, it's a nice feature not having that flash whine but you can use the whine as a battery gauge. I'm 50-50 on this new feature. Another nit pick is the flash WILL fire if it is not fully charged, whereas my 580ex Mark I did not. Guess Canon wanted you to have some of the picture instead of none of the picture. Also since you cannot hear any whine, you have no real way of knowing the flash is fully charged. This is an annoyance for me, but can be easily remedied with waiting for the flash to recycle and checking the green idiot light..
Overall good flash unit. For the price you could get an Alien Bees AB1600 (studio flash) and have change leftover to buy a stand..
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