Altura Photo AP-UNV1 Bundle DSLR Camera Flash Speedlite for Canon Nikon Sony

My dad gave me his old canon 5d but it didnt come with a flash. I have a little canon t3 thats been going strong for years and was excited to get a new toy to play with. Obviously, I need a flash. Balling on a budget after reading up on loads of reviews and searching high and low, I finally settled on this one. Ive only been tinkering with it for about an hour, but so far, I love it. I took several sample pics in my dining room while testing and the flash quality is great. Ive attached 2 puns that i took with the flash on the list setting and tilted upward at a slant. The pic was taken in daylight, by the kittens were in the shade, flash provided just the right amount of light. No editing in either pic. Flash at highest setting blares everything out to just white, its powerful ive never needed to use it above the second power line. I unfortunately dont have anything to compare it to but overall, I cant complain. I havent tested the remote yet, and will keep it boxed up until I have use for it. All parts and accessories came packed up nicely, scratch free and in perfect condition. Im not entirely sure how to use the soft box panel thing (I love using technical terms), as anything past point-and-shoot is above my sphere of knowledge, but im excited to learn all my new bells and whistles. Will try to add a couple sample pics of various flash levels, use of box thing and bounce card. Batteries were a bit difficult to put inside, you really have to press hard and put a little elbow grease into it. Other than that, Id say $40 well spent!

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Ive been a photographer for many years now and this flash is just a trusty affordable go to for me. I also love the altura softbox to go with it.. trust me, spend the extra couple bucks and get the soft box as well, I use it often for weddings especially for reception.. there is a bit of a delay with this one. About 2.5 to 3 second delay. However if you know what youre doing and youre on a budget this flash is just as worthy as the big guys..

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If you have a nice camera, and want to take it to the next level or two- this is what you need. Im a beginner, and I think since this is manual controls, it is actually better for me to learn with. So powerful, it must be used wisely as it can overpower the sun at certain angles! Yeah I couldve spent 4x the price to buy the specific Olympus flash, but this Altura UNV1 is more powerful providing more light at greater distance, and the only almost downside is experimenting with the flash strength setting. That is the main difference, the brand name flash would auto adjust the flash strength. Besides, "accidentally" overpowering the flash setting to white out a pictures details provides loads of entertainment for the kids and me. Im sure the wife will appreciate it someday. But at the end of the day, combined with a nice tripod like the Ravelli APLT4 and some practice, you can go out and create your own pro quality pics at a surprisingly reasonable price

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The universal remote does not work with all the cameras listed. I checked the company website and confirmed this about my Nikon d7100 The flash communicates with the hot shoe mount on top with no problem. You just cannot use it remotely.

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So far, I am really enjoying this speed light! This is my first one since I am a beginner and it was easy to set up and use. The one thing I had problems with was trying to figure out how to put the soft box on because it does not come with directions but I eventually figured it out. I can also hook this up and use it as a flash off camera because I also bought a wireless flash trigger from the same company. Altura Photo Wireless Flash Trigger for CANON w/ Remote Shutter (Canon EOS 70D, 60D, SL1, Rebel T5i, T4i, T3i, T2i, T1i, T5, T3, XT, XSi, XSi DSLR Cameras) I love Altura products and will continue to buy them in the future.

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This flash works exactly as described. While its not the same output (GN) as the more expensive flashes, its less than half the price. Plus you get a remote, a really nice mini soft box diffuser, decent cleaning cloth and batteries. All for less than $40. This means you have a flash you can take out to the desert, in the wind, on a beach, anywhere that you would feel scared to take your $500 flash. If you drop one of these in the ocean, its cheap to replace. Thats not to say that these arent sturdy. The build quality is comparable to my expensive Pentax flashes from 10 years ago. And the speed and output is about the same. Out of the box the recycle time is less than three seconds at full power - even with the batteries they provide. At lower powers, the recycle is less than a second. I only use these flashes (I ordered two) for my portable studio and my tabletop, so I use only use manual and slave 1 mode. While Id prefer to have actual power markers (e.g. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16) the 1 through 5 setting is adequate for my use. The Slave 1 and Slave 2 modes fire perfectly. Slave 2 is for pre-flash detection. If you have red eye reduction flash or a particularly bright focus light you should use Slave 2 mode. The built in diffuser as well as the mini soft-box both work as well as any others Ive used. There is no TTL on these but for the price I dont expect it. One particularly good point isnt about the flash, but the soft box. The soft box mounting strap works really well and holds tight on all of my flashes. No 3M adhesive to muck up the finish on the flash, Just strap it through the loops. The loops feel a little cheap and like they might break, but there are enough that if one or two break you still should not have any trouble mounting it. And eventually I might have to resort to using a big rubber band. But I havent faced that yet. Like any mini soft box, you lose a stop or two of light, but the shadows do come out decently soft for the size of the box and the light is even and consistent and without negatively affecting the white balance. I only use these for my tabletop studio since for regular shoots you want a shoot through umbrella or a larger soft box to really spread the light.

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When I received this it worked awesome when I did some test shots. I took it to my company party and it would not work at all. I changed the batteries with new ones that I had taken with me as I was not sure how long the batteries would last and still nothing. I had my son look at it and one of the metal strips on the battery door was missing. It must of fell off when I put new batteries in it when I was still home as I wanted to be assured that I would be able to use it for 3-4 hours. It was a real bummer as I had to use the camera flash in a very dark setting and not able to adjust the flash and bounce the flash

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Worked for when I used it for the first Week, never after that. Slave mode 1 and 2 never will fire any more no matter what I try. The test button will fire the flash but that is the only way to get it to fire. I cannot understand junk like this. The remote control is worthless as well not compatible with many cameras. Cannot return because I did not notice it died until after the 30 day return period. Out $39

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I never owned an off-camera flash before, and this was a terrific purchase -- for about 20 minutes. The instructions were easy to follow, it worked just as described on my Canon Rebel, and I was starting to make plans for how to use it in an upcoming senior portrait session. Since it had a mounting device for a tripod, I thought I would try to set it up as a master-slave combination. I didnt know if the wireless would work, or if I would need to buy a cable (it does not come with a cable to attach to the camera). Unfortunately, inside a few minutes the flash fell off the tripod. I think this was because it was too top-heavy and awkward for the lightweight tripod I was using, and the plastic mounting bracket did not attach tightly enough to counteract this imbalance. At that point, it would no longer turn on again, even when I tried new batteries. One drop to a laminate floor, a distance of only a few feet, broke this device. I was disappointed. I contacted customer service and they responded promptly. They offered to send me a replacement if I sent the broken flash back to them. They even sent me a free shipping label. Im impressed! Thank you, Digital Goja!

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I have Nikon D5500 , I bought this flash and I onki used it once. When I need the most I went out shooting for a party and the flash seemed to work okay. I got home and realized that the swivel on the flash seemed loose. I looked at my flash to see that it had a big crack in it. I did not drop this flash as a matter of fact Ive been really careful with it . It will break easily Im very disappointed. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS FLASH

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