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metz 44 on nx1?

Started Apr 24, 2015 | Discussions thread
Jeff Style Contributing Member • Posts: 953
Re: metz 44 on nx1?

brianric wrote:

Jeff Style wrote:

It works fine. It is a fare bit overpriced for how it is made and feature set but if you want TTL and good power you don't have many options.

Considering it is 40% of the price of the Samsung ED-SEF580A I would say it's a bargain.

A bargain in the sense of "if you don't have many choices, you take the lesser of two evils"

It has a plastic foot, only does 4 manual power increments, and you can't change the batteries without taking it off of the camera first. For $200? That's not a bargain, that's price gouging. There is a vacuum in the Samsung speedlight segment and Metz adds a premium to the price because of it. They have you over a barrel and they are going in dry. You can catch a rebate every now and then and save $40 or so and get a little lube, but the 44AF at $160 is still MUCH more expensive than what you would get with say, Yongnuo, if they decided to jump into the NX fray. 

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