
Review Summary
2010-03-20T21:00:00
Had this flash a week and still can't get the battery compartment cover open. Am unwilling to break it so I have not used prying force. Looks like the manufacturer assembled this before the parts "dried" and they glued themselves together. The flash tube cover lens, which seems to be the wide angle one is also stuck tight. I want to use the telephoto one. Instruction booklet very poor. (GB translation)
Doctor Q.
2010-01-21T19:00:00
This is a very small flash that does what I bought it for. And that is provide an adequate flash without red-eyeing anyone. I like it better than the Nikon SB400 because it sits just a little higher on the camera. It is tons better than the built in pop-up. It has several modes you can use it in and has a simple LCD on the back. Also comes with a telephoto and wide-angle diffuser. Downside is no bounce or swivel.
STEPHEN H.
2009-12-06T19:00:00
This nice little slave flash is consistent and dead easy to setup. Produced nice clean consistent color on skin tone.
THT
2007-05-07T21:00:00
for a perfect product I WOULD MAKE THE USER MANUAL CLEARER NERVERTHELESS THIS FLASH IS VERY EASY TO USE AND ALWAYS NAILS THE EXPOSURE BRAVO METZ
Camille
2007-03-25T21:00:00
Great German made product. Works very well with shoeless point and shoot digital cameras. The slave never failed during my testing after about thirty pictures at different ranges. I will probably get a second unit for portraits and table top pictures.
Bob
2007-03-01T19:00:00
The flash is used with a Sony DSC-W7. I am very pleased with this purchase. It is a must if you expect a good picture in darkness more than 10' away. In total darkness, I have had great pictures up to 60' away. You will not regret your purchase.
Twin
2007-02-04T19:00:00
It does all that it should,one set up and adjusted for your camera
Bob
Great Slave Flash
By Twin
The flash is used with a Sony DSC-W7. I am very pleased with this purchase. It is a must if you expect a good picture in darkness more than 10' away. In total darkness, I have had great pictures up to 60' away. You will not regret your purchase.
Great slave flash from Mertz
By THT
This nice little slave flash is consistent and dead easy to setup. Produced nice clean consistent color on skin tone.
METZ MECABLITZ 28 CS-2: Optimized for compact digital cameras. How often have you been disappointed with dark photos because the flash built into your camera was not powerful enough? And have you ever wanted a handy compact flash unit that can be used separately from the camera? Well, Metz offers the perfect solution with the mecablitz 28 CS-2 digital optimally adapted in performance and size to compact digital cameras!
Add in the fun factor with the ingenious EASY mode. For the very first time, your flash exposure can be easily controlled with the instant correction keys (+/-)! Simply release the shutter, check the result on the camera's monitor, and correct with the keys if necessary. With this slave model, the flash power can be boosted without any undesirable side effects. The power is generated by normal alkaline size - AAA batteries or inexpensive rechargeable AAA batteries.
Easy to learn: This is unique: A flash unit that learns on its own! The Metz mecablitz 28 CS-2 digital flash unit features a unique learning function that adapts itself to the camera. This ensures that this compact slave flash unit can always be fired by the flash built into the camera, even if it operates with a metering pre-flash. This is achieved by firing a test flash in slave mode. If the red indicator signal light (= OK button) flashes, it means that the flash unit has learned a new light lesson'. For all subsequent shots, the Metz mecablitz 28 CS-2 digital will automatically use this value.
Moreover, the delay period between the measuring pre-flash and the main flash can be set at any time between 0 and 255 ms. With cameras that do not operate with a pre-flash function, you can use the slave mode 1 (with simultaneous triggering). You can always return to the initial functions with the special reset function. And then there is the ingenious concept of the folding side bracket to mount the camera!
Convenient instant correction in EASY mode Operation of the Metz mecablitz 28 CS-2 digital is unbelievably easy. The flash shot taken can be directly controlled with the plus/minus keys (+/-). Procedure: Take a flash shot with your digital camera check the result on the camera's monitor and decide with the plus/minus keys whether the shot should be brighter or darker. An instant correction measure for those who are not concerned with detailed values but rather good results.