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Flake:
Comparing the recycle times of a guide 43 flash with a guide 60 to full power is hardly fair. If the gun need to fire at guide 60 then the Canon 430 won't be able to do it.
Using an external power pack roughly halves recycle times, the Canon has a Yongnuo version at about £35, but the Nissin doesn't seem to have an equivalent, and their own costs a ridiculous £245.
You could consider the Canon 580EX which goes for around £240 on Ebay but the II version isn't much more fetching around £275
MazV-L:
If you're worried about recycling time, then external battery pack is a necessity! I use Canon Cp-E4 with my 580ex ii and the difference with and without is amazing! Not many shots are missed due to flash not firing-slow recycling time if you have one of these and your batteries are charged :)
bycostello:
I have the Nissin and it is easier to use than the canon... recycle time not really a problem as i don't need to rapid fire anything....
zim:
Thanks for all the replys.....
--- Quote from: Flake on February 11, 2012, 04:50:39 AM ---Comparing the recycle times of a guide 43 flash with a guide 60 to full power is hardly fair. If the gun need to fire at guide 60 then the Canon 430 won't be able to do it.
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As I said in my original post "To compare like for like would anyone know what the recycle time for the Nissin would be at the equivalent Gn43?" I agree it wouldn't be fair. Maybe that wasn't the correct way to frame the question.
--- Quote from: Flake on February 11, 2012, 04:50:39 AM ---Using an external power pack roughly halves recycle times, the Canon has a Yongnuo version at about £35, but the Nissin doesn't seem to have an equivalent, and their own costs a ridiculous £245.
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.... and MazV-L
I hadn’t considered this, assuming that the external source would be for more life only. +1 Spot on advice exactly the kind of thing I was concerned about not concidering/being aware of.
--- Quote from: Flake on February 11, 2012, 04:50:39 AM ---You could consider the Canon 580EX which goes for around £240 on Ebay but the II version isn't much more fetching around £275
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If I can find a 580EXII for £275 that would be amazing but I have to admit I'm coming down on the 430 side at the moment, it’s fast enough as it is and if I need more a battery pack sounds like a perfect combo.
Regards
Z
Penn Jennings:
--- Quote from: zim on February 11, 2012, 06:57:37 PM ---Thanks for all the replys.....
--- Quote from: Flake on February 11, 2012, 04:50:39 AM ---You could consider the Canon 580EX which goes for around £240 on Ebay but the II version isn't much more fetching around £275
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If I can find a 580EXII for £275 that would be amazing but I have to admit I'm coming down on the 430 side at the moment, it’s fast enough as it is and if I need more a battery pack sounds like a perfect combo.
Regards
Z
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I pretty sure that you will find that without a battery back your recycle times will vary wildly depending on the distance to the subject, ambient light, type of batteries, the charge left in batteries and even temperature. Comparing best case and worst case examples you might find the recycle times are 3 times longer in the worst case.
I totally understand that money is not an infinite resource. However, I would STRONGLY suggest that if recycle is important, spend the money and get a unit that takes an external battery pack if possible. On a 580EX II, not only does it cut the recycle time to about 2 seconds but I can take hundreds of shots and they all have the same 2 second recycle time, even when I know the flash did a full dump. Without the battery back I know that a 580 EX II feels like it takes 2 or 3 times longer or more to recycle. At a wedding or any other event that you can't ask people to "stop and wait" that is a really big deal.
You can even get a knock battery unit for $50 and save a lot of money.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049JO71G/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details
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