I just seem to get more consistent shots and the light seems less harsh and evenly lit when compared to the Canon 580Ex. The Metz 58 AF-1 fully supports the Canon ETTL system, and it claims that if Canon ever updates their wireless system, you can update this one to match it by upgrading the firmware with your computer.
The only major difference between Canon and Metz is how it sets up the light ratios with slave groups. In fact, with Metz, you don't even use ratios. What happens is, the Metz flash(master) meters the scene, then you can set it to +/- stops on the A and B slave group. So if you wanted to shoot a portrait, you might have the Master be -2 for a fill shot, then the A group(left side) be -1 and the right side be 0, so get a nice light gradient across the face.
This is opposed to canon where you would set 1:2 or something like that.
I was just wondering if there are any major draw backs to the Metz way, since I am new to their system. |
