Metz 48 or 50
Paul
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Paul
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And then weigh it up for yourself and what YOU want
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Photography is an index for measuring futility and pride.......
Paul
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Try them out and get the one that works the best for you.
If I hadn't already got the Metz 48, I know what I'd spend my money on!
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and it can now be triggered without the camera being set as a wireless controller.
Is that really useful?
It still needs a flash to trigger it and I believe you could already set the metz 48 to dumb-slave or not?
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The flash after all can do wireless P-TTL so why should you not use that but the "dumb" flash trigger instead, that's the point i'm missing.
It doesn't seem so useful
With Canon on the other hand I can see the use because only recently they are putting the wireless flash option in the camera.
Under those circumstances, the use of servo flash could well be useful!
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So if your flash and camera can connect in the smart why why would you still want to connect in the dumb way?
It might be useful if you also have a compact and you want to use a more powerful flash with that.
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I'm thinking of making a foray into flash photography soon. My birthday and Christmas are coming up so it seems a good time. Until recently the Metz 48 was top of my wishlist. I'm not going to need a monster or anything too complicated, but was keen on a swivelling head. The Metz 48 seemed a no-brainer in terms of value for money.
However, the Metz 50 has now been released so I am looking at both. I can't really see much of a difference between the two. Am I missing something (I probably am...).
On SRS at the moment the 48 is £135 and the 50 is £195. Can anyone give me a good reason to pay the extra for the 50, or recommend a better alternative?
Cheers,
WG