420EX flash?...good enough?

[DreDaze]

so i never really thought i'd be getting a flash anytime soon, as i tend not to even use the on-board flash...but just picked up an old macro lens...and am realizing i need one, in order to try and take anything handheld with the small dof...so i know that i don't want to spend a ton of money...whats the difference between the 430EX, and 420EX...is it just recycling time/power?...bottom line is can i do most things with the 420EX that i could do with the 430EX?

thanks in advance

[mattograph]

Try here....

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=361586

[Titus213]

One big difference is the ability to go to manual mode on the 430EX. I don't do macro so I wouldn't know what that might mean to you.

Good side by side compare here: http://photonotes.org/cgi-bin/flash-lookup.pl?flash1=canon420ex&flash2=canon430ex&flash3=canon430exii

[DreDaze]

hmmm...maybe the best thing to do is wait until the 430EX II has been released, and hopefully pick up a cheaper/used 430 EX...anyone know when it's being released?