After chucking my camera/lens on the floor a couple of weeks ago, my flashgun (a Nissin Di866 II) went bang, literally, this weekend and started to smoke rather badly whilst trying my hand at water-drop photography :-(
I think it was self inflicted though as I was using HSS rather than reduced power and I think the repeated full-power recycles got the better of the gun. Lesson to be learned, don't rely on overheat protection and don't use HSS repeatedly!
At least Canon are offering a rebate on the 430 EX II at the moment, but I hadn't realised the 580 had been discontinued and the 600's a tad expensive.
I think it was self inflicted though as I was using HSS rather than reduced power and I think the repeated full-power recycles got the better of the gun. Lesson to be learned, don't rely on overheat protection and don't use HSS repeatedly!
At least Canon are offering a rebate on the 430 EX II at the moment, but I hadn't realised the 580 had been discontinued and the 600's a tad expensive.
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