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Best value on the market by a mile. Once you get your head around a manual flash set up. Great build quality, powerful, Metal foot, full swivel head. What's not to like

Thanks for all the replies guys. Certainly food for thought. I have got access to a pentax AF540FGZ for £180. Which levels up the price somewhat. Interestingly quite a number of you say the Metz is the better deal.Which was my preferred choice, but just not sure..

Im in the market for a new flash. I have a Sigma 610 ST.. Its powerful and P-TTL but not very good as a manual flash and cant perform high speed sync. Which I want to try out. I want to use mainly off camera flash. So ive narrowed my choice of purchase down to two. The Pentax AF540FGZ or the Metz 58 AF-2. Im concerned that the Pentax flash has been around for a while now and maybe a little dated. Whereas the Metz is very modern and can be updated in firmware. Does anyone have any comments to make about any of these flash units

To keep it very simple just get a reversing ring and connect a prime lens. will give you stunning results. Also you could use low cost macro tubes to get 1:1 or greater results. Depends on how seriously you want to get into it.

Buy an 18-55 kit lens. Will give you a more wider option. Cheap as chips and better quality than your present offering.

But could you develop it without taking on more cost....

Now these... Is what I call a sport shot !!!! Capture the action. Background blurred. Also would like to see a black n white version...
Good job...

Wow, thanks for posting these shots. Brings back some great memories from back in the day. Surely Gordon must be drawing his pension by now. To get these shots with a manual lens is no mean achievement. Anyone who hasn't tried it should get out there and have a go...

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