06-26-2010, 11:21 PM
Just had another thought that might have some affect on my choice budget-wise...
So while I further beat my head on the wall concerning lenses, I'm going to swerve a bit off-topic, in the sense that my question is about flash compatibility with the Canon 5D mark II rather than lenses.
It seems that I've been getting some really informative responses from people who really know their stuff, so I figure no better place than here to get a good answer.
I currently own a Metz mecablitz 32MZ-3 Flash.
[url="http://www0.shopping.com/xPO-Metz-F-PENTAX-Metz-Mecablitz-32MZ3-Manual-Auto-TTL-AF-Flash-w-Pentax-Module-USA-5068p"]A link showing the Metz 32MZ-3 Flash[/url]
[url="http://www.metz.de/fileadmin/fm-dam/Download/Homepage_Englisch/Photo_Electronic/Bedienungsanleitung_GB/mecablitz_GB/mecablitz_20_bis_36/mecablitz_32_MZ_3_D_GB.pdf"]The Metz 32MZ-3 Users Manual (the first part is in German, later it gets to the English - pg. 30)[/url]
While visiting a local camera store I asked to mount my flash on a Canon 5D model they had there on display to see that it worked. It did! So I naturally figured that I'll be safe using my trusty old Metz with the Canon 5D mII.
But then when asking around in one of the photography forums (before I found this one <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ) - someone wrote this:
Without knowing exactly what he is talking about, I'm kind of in the dark on this one...
Would highly appreciate your thoughts on this. THX ! ! !
So while I further beat my head on the wall concerning lenses, I'm going to swerve a bit off-topic, in the sense that my question is about flash compatibility with the Canon 5D mark II rather than lenses.
It seems that I've been getting some really informative responses from people who really know their stuff, so I figure no better place than here to get a good answer.
I currently own a Metz mecablitz 32MZ-3 Flash.
[url="http://www0.shopping.com/xPO-Metz-F-PENTAX-Metz-Mecablitz-32MZ3-Manual-Auto-TTL-AF-Flash-w-Pentax-Module-USA-5068p"]A link showing the Metz 32MZ-3 Flash[/url]
[url="http://www.metz.de/fileadmin/fm-dam/Download/Homepage_Englisch/Photo_Electronic/Bedienungsanleitung_GB/mecablitz_GB/mecablitz_20_bis_36/mecablitz_32_MZ_3_D_GB.pdf"]The Metz 32MZ-3 Users Manual (the first part is in German, later it gets to the English - pg. 30)[/url]
While visiting a local camera store I asked to mount my flash on a Canon 5D model they had there on display to see that it worked. It did! So I naturally figured that I'll be safe using my trusty old Metz with the Canon 5D mII.
But then when asking around in one of the photography forums (before I found this one <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ) - someone wrote this:Quote:I don’t know the triggering voltage of the Metz that you mention, but using a non-dedicated flash on a modern digital camera can cause a lot of damage very quickly, so be sure it’s ok before trying it.
Without knowing exactly what he is talking about, I'm kind of in the dark on this one...
Would highly appreciate your thoughts on this. THX ! ! !