Reviews
Great flash gun which I think is perfect for someone looking to add one to their set up, but with a low budget.
I was sent this item to review.In my line of work, one of my jobs is to take photographs of events and activities that go on in the school I work at. I am by no means a professional photographer, but I wouldn’t call myself a complete newbie. I’ve got a basic grasp of cameras and how they work etc as well as being pretty tech savvy.This flash gun from my point of view is fantastic. From the outset, it is packaged fantastically, firstly coming in strong cardboard casing and then in its own ‘product box’. Inside is a case, the flash, a cover for the top of the flash and an instruction booklet. The English section of the manual is located towards the back, fear not.Once I’d loaded it up with 4 x AA batteries (not supplied) I powered it up to the sound of nice little jingle. I noticed that the blue ‘flash’ light had illuminated so I gave it press. Once my eye sight had been restored, I realised that this button sets the flash off!! Using the mount on the flash gun, I slid it on to my camera (an Olympus E-M10) and turned the camera on. As soon as I pressed the button to take a picture the flash gun fired automatically. No need to change settings or anything like that – it just worked! I was very surprised. On the top of the flash gun, there is a pull out diffuser should you require it and on the back is an LCD display (which illuminates if you need it to) which enables you to manipulate settings such as number of flashes, frequency of flashes as well as some ‘slave mode’ settings and others that I’m non-too familiar with at the minute (I guess this might spur me on to learn!)I am really, really impressed with this flash gun. For the price, it seems to be a great bargain. I’ve added a couple of photos of the item and is packaging as well as a couple of photos taken with and without the flash gun attached.Overall, this is a great flash gun which I think is perfect for someone looking to add one to their set up, but with a low budget.
02/03/2016