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Retail Price: $299.00
Deal Price: $252.97
Savings: $ 46.03 ( 15% )
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Manufacturer: Sigma Corporation
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sigma
EAN: 0085126925239
Feature: Powerful Guide Number of 174 ft / 53m at 105mm Setting
Is Fragile: 0
Label: Sigma Corporation
Manufacturer: Sigma Corporation
Model: B000UHDRAS
Publisher: Sigma Corporation
Studio: Sigma Corporation
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Features
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Powerful Guide Number of 174 ft / 53m at 105mm Setting
Designed to work with the new TTL systems of all the popular manufacturers
Covers a focal length from 24mm to 105mm
Autozoom function automatically sets the optimum illumination angle.
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Accessories
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Pentax Hotshoe Adapter FG
Pentax Off Shoe Adapter F
Pentax F5P 9.5-Foot Extension Cord for Pentax Flash Units
Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce for the Achiever 260AF/T, Contax TLA280, 360, Metz 40MZ-2, 54MZ-3, Minolta 5200I, 5400HS, 5400XI, Nikon SB-24, 25 & 26, Olympus FL40, G40, Pentax AF500FTZ and Sunpak 2000DZ, 266D & MZ440AF Flashes.
LumiQuest ProMax Pocket Bouncer
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Editorial Reviews:
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ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-530 DG SUPER. EF-530 DG SUPER features a powerful Guide Number of 174 ft / 53m and is designed to work with the latest TTL auto exposure systems of all popular manufacturers' digital SLR cameras. Among the advanced features of this flash are modeling flash function, multi pulse flash, TTL wireless flash, FP (high speed) flash, rear-curtain Synchro flash and manual flash mode which allows the photographer to set the flash power level by up to eight stops. The Auto Power-Off function automatically shuts off the LCD panel to help save battery power. When the flashgun is fully charged, a confirmation "ready" light will be emitted. The autozoom function automatically sets the optimum illumination angle in accordance with the lens' focal length in a range from 24mm to 105mm. When the built-in Wide Panel is used, the flash can cover the angle of 17mm. For bounce flash, the flashgun head can be tilted up by 90 degrees, to the left by 180 degrees, or to the right by 90 degrees. It can also be tilted down by 7 degrees allowing ease of use for close-up photography.
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Reviews :
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Conclusion: Great flash, not the best option for strobists
Review: I ordered two of these for use in a "strobist" style setup without radio triggers. This was a big mistake because you cannot use the Pentax wireless commander mode with these units in Manual. Only pttl.
The only way to fire them on manual as slaves is with another flash which is contributing to the exposure.
They will work fine on manual with radio triggers such as Pocket Wizards or Skyports but even then they have an 80 second "timeout" where if they are not fired in 80 seconds, they turn off. That can be annoying. There may be a way to get around this though, when I get my radio triggers, if I can figure out a way to get pass that problem I will be sure to update here.
Other than that though they are great! Very powerful with a speedy recycle time (4.5 secs with NiMh batteries), tilt and swivel head, accurate pttl on and off camera.
It doesn't feel too "plasticy" to me but time will only tell how rugged they are.
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Conclusion: Excellent buy!
Review: This flash works great with the Pentax K10D. It has a very easy reading LCD screen that lights up. It cost much less than the Pentax AF540 but works just as good, if not better. I love this product!
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Conclusion: It's okay, but not, in fact, super.
Review: This flash works on my Pentax K10D, but not without some caveats.
First, the strengths:
+ It's certainly more flash power than you can get for the money from the official Pentax line-up.
+ Tilt and swivel head.
+ It does a good job working with the K10D's TTL system -- exposure seems generally to be correct.
+ Wireless P-TTL slave mode works great.
+ Focus assist lamp is nice.
And then, the negatives:
- This is a huge flash. It's almost bigger than my camera body. The comparable Pentax AF540FGZ is big too, but I'd trade off some flash power for the feature set in a more compact size.
- The tilt head has a click-lock point at straight forward and at something like 70°-up and a few more between that and straight up -- but nothing at 30° or 45°, and I'm a bit worried that over time it'll get loose and not hold its position. (The Pentax flash has these midway click points.)
- It feels plasticky. doesn't look bad, but doesn't feel solid.
- High-speed sync only works if you disable AutoISO. You probably want to control ISO in your flash shots anyway, but Pentax tech support tells me their official flashes don't have this shortcoming. (Sigma tech support, by the way, wasn't able to explain this to me -- I had to figure out why it wasn't working on my own.)
- Mounting onto the hotshoe is a bit fussy; I'm not sure if Pentax's own flash is any better, but I kind of think it must be.
- The user interface panel is a confusing mess of barely-comprehensible icons and acronyms and poorly-labeled buttons.
- The manual is even worse, and not just because it was clearly not written by an English speaker.
So, that's a lot of negatives, but I'm still giving three stars because while the list of positives is shorter, they're all very strong positives. I had some initial buyer's remorse and was considering an exchange for the AF540FGZ, but I think I'll keep it in hopes that Pentax adds a swivel feature to the next version of the AF360FGZ, which then would be my use-most-of-the-time flash while this would be a wireless slave or option for when I need more power.
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Conclusion: sigma flash
Review: Sigma EF-530 DG Super Electronic Flash for Pentax and Samsung DSLR (Purchased on 12/27/2007)
I love it -- nothing to add
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Conclusion: I LOVE THIS FLASH!!!
Review: I recently bought this flash unit and absolutely love it. It is very easy to use. It is incredibly bright in full flash and can be toned down if needed, too. It is extremely versital with the amount of options available. The swivel and up/down motion also makes this very versital. If you have the money, buy this flash!
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