Comments about Digital Concepts Digital Concepts 418-AF Digital Bounce Slave Flash with Flash Bracket:

Ordered two units. Use them as remote slaves for my Nikon D5000 with either its built in flash or the add on flash. Great for lighting a largr room by staging the units near the outer limit of the on-camera flash, thereby extending the flash range. Have several times used them as fill or main or background lights in location portrait shoots, and at high school basketball tournaments , mounting them over the scoreboards near the baskets to give a dramatic high angle lighting effect. Only took about an hour of experimentation to learn to get the best use of them. Also used as a flash extender on a backup point and shoot Canon for family birthday party to get bounce lighting not available with built in flash. Several friends who
have only P and S cameras asked how to get the unit for their cameras.

Comments about Digital Concepts Digital Concepts 418-AF Digital Bounce Slave Flash with Flash Bracket:

I bought this to use as an off camera fill / main light with a Canon G10 and a Canon XSI. The flash works more consistently with the G10, but doesn't always sync with the XSI (it probably fires varying numbers of pre-flashes).The guide number is a mystery to me. I have used this handheld and on a stand; for direct flash, with a sheet of paper for a diffuser, bounced off ceiling and wall, and a silver umbrella. The output decreases in this order with direct being fairly harsh and the umbrella fairly weak. I prefer bounce and diffuser. For playing around it has been fairly consistent. It does occasionally misfire and fail to sync, so I wouldn't rely on it for more that hobby use.The flash as one power level and can be used as a hotshoe flash (no way I'll risk firing this on camera as I am unsure of the trigger voltage). It also has a swith to sync with 1 to 4 preflashes. There is a flash exposure calculator as well, but I haven't used that. I prefer to use test shots to adjust exposure.Build quality is what I would expect from a [$] flash, I wouldn't want to drop it. It is nowhere as sleek and reliable as my Canon 430 ex II, but it was $230 cheaper. If you are a hobbiest or student and want to try off camera lighting for portrait, still life, or closeups; treated gently and patiently this will be great tool. You can vary flash exposure by adjusting distance to subject, bouncing, or varying the thickness of a diffuser (tissue paper vs different weights of printer paper). If you need a reliable flash for a demanding environment, look at something else.

Comments about Digital Concepts Digital Concepts 418-AF Digital Bounce Slave Flash with Flash Bracket:

Blister packaging means you can't return it, so watch out! Flashes at the wrong time for my camera no matter what the slave setting. Apparently, it's not autoexposure, so you have to adjust your aperture manually for each shot depending on distance. Battery cover would make it tough to change batteries in a hurry. Camera screw is not long enough to grip more than the first thread of many cameras.

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I used this slave flash to help reduce shadows for a wedding. It helped to eliminate the shadows my regular flash produced.

Comments about Digital Concepts Digital Concepts 418-AF Digital Bounce Slave Flash with Flash Bracket:

Didn't know that it has adjustments on back and 3 levels of tele adjustments too (close-med-distant). Works great and recharges 2-3 seconds! Brand new, I hope it lasts. Bigger than I would like but my price. Instructions = almost non-existent. Going to use it more than I thought but probably not attached to camera (will just set it down on something)

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I USE THE FLASH AS A FILL/BACK LIGHT. THE SENSOR WORKS WELL, VEREATILE MOUNTING, HOWEVER THE METAL THREADED ADPT. CAME OUT, IT'S PRESSED IN, I THREADED 1/4 X 20 BOLT IN THEN PRESSED IT BACK IN, THEN I FILLED THE AREA WITH J.B.WELD. IT WON'T COME OUT NOW. GOOD FLASH OUT PUT FOR A CHEEP FLASH.

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This is a great flash for the price, just what I needed in a slave flash!