What would be a good or best 'non Canon' flash for the Rebel XTI / 400d?
clb Senior Member  302 posts Likes: 24 Joined Apr 2010 Location: Airdrie, Alberta, Cda. More info | Mar 21, 2012 08:56 | #1 What would be a good or best 'non Canon' flash for the Rebel XTI / 400d? Chuck
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modchild Goldmember  1,469 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jul 2011 Location: Lincoln, Uk More info | Mar 21, 2012 11:50 | #2 I've got a Nissin Di866 that I use on my 7D and 5D2 and the wife has a Nissin Di622 for use on her 550S (T2i). I've also got a 580EX II that normally goes on my 5D2 and acts as a trigger for the Di866. The Nissin's are both excellent flashguns, very well made, very powerful and are easy to use. The Nissin's are currently about 50% of the price of the Canon equivalent and the features are very similar to each other. The Di866 is equal to the 580EX II and the Di622 is equal to the 430EX II. EOS 5D MkIII, EOS 70D, EOS 650D, EOS M, Canon 24-70 f2.8L MkII, Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS MkII, Canon 100 f2.8L Macro, Canon 17-40 f4L IS, Canon 24-105 f4L IS, Canon 300 f4L IS, Canon 85 f1.8, Canon 50 f1.4, Canon 40 f2.8 STM, Canon 35 f2, Sigma 150-500 OS, Tamron 18-270 PZD, Tamron 28-300 VC, 580EX II Flash, Nissin Di866 MkII Flash, Sigma EM 140 Macro Flash and other bits.
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EGutierrez91 Member 48 posts Joined Feb 2012 More info | Mar 21, 2012 12:01 | #3 I use a YongNuo 468 which I bought for a good price ($50). It doesn't have too many features, but I wanted something to practice with.
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Mar 21, 2012 12:16 | #4 @modchild: Can you control the Nissin from the 7D wireless menu? I'd like to get a 3d flash to blow out the background, but don't want to spend $$ for another 430EXII. Gerry
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kf095 Out buying Wheaties  More info | Mar 21, 2012 12:35 | #5 I'm 99.99% sure you will find the answer in no time right here: M-E and ME blog
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BrickR Cream of the Crop 5,935 posts Likes: 115 Joined Mar 2011 Location: Dallas TX More info | Mar 21, 2012 15:16 | #6 If you need TTL, the YN468 is a hard to beat bargain. If you don't mind a manual flash, the YN 460ii is great and the YN560 is a better built manual flash with recycle beep, better battery door, and zoom head. My junk
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h4ppydaze Goldmember 1,329 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2011 More info | Mar 21, 2012 16:31 | #7 If you want to get some nice stuff and are willing to pay a little more for it, Metz makes awesome flashes. They are still a good deal cheaper than Canon equivalents, but offer some excellent feature sets and their flashes are built very well. I'm looking at the Metz 58 right now for my next flash instead of the 580EXii, seems like the right flash at the right price for me.
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clb THREAD STARTER Senior Member 302 posts Likes: 24 Joined Apr 2010 Location: Airdrie, Alberta, Cda. More info | Mar 21, 2012 16:47 | #8 Thanks everyone. Will check them out. Chuck
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Mar 21, 2012 18:16 | #9 The Yongnuo YN565EX is a TTL flash that has similar characteristics to the Canon 580 EX II. I've seen some people state they thought the build was not great, but I'm satisfied with mine. Jim
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