Konstantinos, I bought a Sigma EF-500 Super couple of years ago. It has all the features of 550EX (I think) and I even think that they work together in slave mode, although I have not tested that. It works very well for me (EOS30, EOS300, EOS3000 & EOS300D!! & EOS 10D).
Although now, after quite some time with it, I would probably buy Metz. Metz, because it feels much more sturdy, but it is much more ugly, of course. Again, as always, you are on your own with 3rd party accessories, but then again, it is a smaller price to pay and sigma flash works for me (it even works with 300D & 10D -- I tested that personally).. If you want to play with multiple flash setups and do not need ultra portability, you might consider a dedicated 220V flash bulb. For the price of 550EX you can get a studio flash or a couple of "flash bulbs". "Flash bulbs" or however they are called are a cheap alternative to the studio flash. You replace your existing light bulb with this one. It has integrated optical slave and usually has only 2 settings (full power, 1/2 power). As you can see, you can quickly set up a powerful multiple flash setup very cheaply (it costs somewhere around 80-100 EUR). You can buy this light bulb socket (I don't know the term, sorry), put a few meters of electrical cord on it, and you clamp it to a tripod, for instance. And you are done. > -----Original Message----- > Konstantinos Bibis > I'm about to buy either the 420ex or the 550ex for my EOS50. > Puting prices aside, would there be any reason why i would NOT want to > buy the 550 ? > [,,,] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
