Speedlight YN-460 ???

MissB

I am in the market for a ...geeze...what is the technical term for this... the flash that can be bounced...and attaches to my hotshoe on the top of my camera. I saw this one one ebay for a price point that makes sense for my budget right now. Any feedback on whether this unit it total crap.. or will do the job until I become a millionaire...LOL Speedlight YN-460

thanks everyone!!
B

ziggy53

MissB wrote:

I am in the market for a ...geeze...what is the technical term for this... the flash that can be bounced...and attaches to my hotshoe on the top of my camera. I saw this one one ebay for a price point that makes sense for my budget right now. Any feedback on whether this unit it total crap.. or will do the job until I become a millionaire... Speedlight YN-460

thanks everyone!!
B

Honestly, truthfully, the lowest denominator flash I can recommend is the Sigma EF 530 DG Super flashes in the correct mount for your camera. I did some research into the YN-460 and too many folks are reporting problems for me to recommend them.

If you can do with just an "auto" flash then the Vivitar 285HV are not too shabby, but they lack a swivel function. In an older flash the Sunpak 383 Super flash has both tilt and swivel but has not been made in a couple of years.

MissB

ziggy53 wrote:

Honestly, truthfully, the lowest denominator flash I can recommend is the Sigma EF 530 DG Super flashes in the correct mount for your camera. I did some research into the YN-460 and too many folks are reporting problems for me to recommend them.

If you can do with just an "auto" flash then the Vivitar 285HV are not too shabby, but they lack a swivel function. In an older flash the Sunpak 383 Super flash has both tilt and swivel but has not been made in a couple of years.

What if I use my onboard camera flash with a difuser... I just don't like the washed out/ flattened look with some flash... do you think a difuser will do? Or is it really important I get an attachable flash?

divamum

Get a hotshoe-mounted flash (bounce and swivel), and get it off camera at the first opportunity. Bouncing is simply a way of getting the light OFF the camera and, while very useful (and a lovely look when used properly), getting the flash OFF the camera is even better and opens up more possibilities.

Do you want to make all your flash adjustments for each shot, or do you want the camera's metering to help you out (remembering that most of the automatic flashes have a manual override mode, meaning you actually get the best of both worlds that way)? If the latter, then you need to go with the proprietary flashes for the system you shoot.

You also need to consider off-camera triggers so you can use whatever you get off-camera. There are lots of options there (and lots of recent threads discussing them - search for ste2, pocketwizard and Cactus and you should find lots of info)

ziggy53

MissB wrote:

What if I use my onboard camera flash with a difuser... I just don't like the washed out/ flattened look with some flash... do you think a difuser will do? Or is it really important I get an attachable flash?

DivaMum is giving you very good advice. An external flash can be used so many different ways but a main reason to use one is that you get better separation from the lens, which yields better (more natural looking) shadowing.

An in-camera (onboard) flash can still be used for some fill applications when you set it at -2 EV or so. No, it's not enough just to diffuse the in-camera flash although it does help a bit but only at very close quarters as the in-camera flash is not too bright as it is and the diffuser reduces the light further.

So an external flash lifts the light to a more pleasing angle, provides more power for bounced and diffused light modifiers, and it allows the use of an external off-camera cord or master/slave function (with additional equipment) for true off-camera lighting more similar to studio lighting.