METZ 60CT-4

[kingstonphotography]

Any opinions on the Metz 60CT-4? Comes highly recommended from a mentor of mine...
-kp

[Wilt]

Terrific, incredibly powerful, highly reliable and consistent Auto flash or TTL flash control (-- NOT the same as ETTL flash control !!!)

The high rating of 197 is for a 35mm (63 degree diag.) wide angle lens coverage and does not at all require a zoom lens 105mm setting to achieve!

Most pros who do weddings pooh-pooh the wink light as useless because it is a small harsh light source (vs. any diffuser you might use on the main head) which defeats the use of diffusion used to avoid hard edges on shadows!

[nadtz]

They also make very portable off camera strobes. I have an older 60 (CT2 iirc) and I love it.

[pickle1]

I've been using them since they were introduced--the auto does very good but you have to know how to use it in conjunction with you camera, especially if it is digital. I mainly use the manual mode.

The nice thing is that if one does go down you can still do a lot with 1 lite. I own 4 of them and also use 580 EXII's. I use the 60''s direct, thru an umbrella, bounce into an umbrella, into softboxes, off walls, fill flash, main flash, basically everything.

They have been a good investment and extremely reliable.

[Tomi Hawk]

I absolutely couldnt do without my 60CT-4 .. best flash for the money ..
I've actually been using the 60CT series since they came out.
Would'nt use anything else .. period!