Comments on: Speedlite 270ex – Official

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:35:40 +0000

I can’t wait for this flash to come out. I think it would work great with my Rebel Xsi.
>^..^<

By: The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:20:51 +0000

Yossarian Says (stupidly!): “I would have rushed to buy it, if the manual controls were also on the flash body. I am looking for a tiltable small sized medium power flash to use with my Pana LX3 (in manual flash mode) as well as on my 40D.

Unfortunately Canon blew it again.”
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Canon blew it? How? What would EVER give you the lame-brained idea that a Canon EOS system flash would cross-work on a Panasonic camera?????????? Are you looney???????

In that case, Panasonic blew it by not making their cameras compatible with Canon flash units. Or Nikon. Or Sony. Or any other *DEDICATED* flash units.

Buy a Metz *system” flash with interchangeable shoes for your Pansonic **AND** your Canon 40D.

Problem solved – and we won’t have to see *you* blowing any more dead donkeys.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:43:45 +0000

I’m poor :(

Actually I see your point, I can easily forgive and forget the PC port, but I still think Manual control should have been physically on the flash, since it is inherent in E-TTL II (the camera actually makes most of the decisions and communicates them as a manual setting to the flash) so they would only be out the buttons if they put it on the flash, well and an LCD of course, then they’d have to backlight it, and put a button on it. So thats 4 buttons, and an LCD on top of what this already has. I see why they chose not to do it, I just really wish that hadn’t been the direction they took this. Though as long as the 430 EX II price drops I’m happy.

You see, I’ll find use a hotshoe adapter to get PC sync out of it, then use cheap radio triggers to sync them. This is because my personal aesthetic to lighting is to surround the subject in light, which has more to do with the quantity of lights rather than the quality. I do of course have a 580 EX II, which I like very much, and it is a superb flash for working on camera or slightly removed (via OC-E3) and a 550EX I got because it has a broken hotshoe, which is a nice remote.

However, if I can apply settings to the flash with a camera, then remove the flash, but have it retain those settings I might buy a good two or three of them for starters.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:33:12 +0000

lol this is the cutest flash evar. If they had got the head to swivel I would get one just for fun!

By: Zac

Zac — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:17:02 +0000

most places I’ve heard of will show you to the door for using a flash unless you are some drunk girl with an its-bitsy P&S (and the 1-series is many things but subtle is not among them :P )

By: Zac

Zac — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:15:45 +0000

Wait, they let you use flash?! really?!

By: Allen Klosowski

Allen Klosowski — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:02:41 +0000

This would be absolutely perfect for in-club concert photography situations. I shot in lots of small clubs at SXSW this year, and a bit of fill would have been spectacular. But keeping my large flash units on the 5D made it too heavy and clunky to take through the crowds quickly. This would have been perfect!

By: Javi V

Javi V — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:46:34 +0000

I just would like to know the price tag… Over $130 Street price I wouldn’t go for it. Under $120… It will probably ome with me :-D

By: Sean Nana

Sean Nana — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:35:33 +0000

I think it’s pretty cool. It’ll be perfect for my 5D when I travel and don’t know if I’ll need a flash for a shoot or whatnot. :)

By: Canon announces EOS 500D/Rebel T1i/Kiss 3x | planet500D

Canon announces EOS 500D/Rebel T1i/Kiss 3x | planet500D — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:06:01 +0000

[...] Canon also announced a new Speedlight 270ex (coverage on Canonrumors) [...]

By: s.dimitrov

s.dimitrov — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:30:59 +0000

When is it expected to start shipping?

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:45 +0000

I really like this flash but I am pretty bummed that they took away the AF-assist beam.

By: maxxevv

maxxevv — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:54:58 +0000

well, there is always the Sunpak RD2000, which is smaller and has the basic FEC controls at its back and it can work with remote triggers as far as I know.

I know I always carry it around because its just so small and it bounces and works well on the 5DmkII.

By: Canon T1i (500D): HD Video for Less? « mikelao photography

Canon T1i (500D): HD Video for Less? « mikelao photography — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:28:58 +0000

[...] other news, Canon also announced the new Canon 270EX Flash. It’s a small flash with tilt features and it’s meant for EOS and PowerShot [...]