Fujifilm EF-X20 Shoe Mount Flash

Love the quality and performance of this flash. I use it with my X70. I typically use it as a fill flash, set in TTL -⅔ or -1. helpful when I have on the hood or the WCL-X70 because the on-board flash creates shadows. Knocked a star off because it takes way too long to "warm up" from the off position. I like to shoot street candids and my first few shots have to go without flash as I wait for it to warm up. Also, when the X70 sleeps, the power of the flash shuts off so I again have to wait for it to "charge" up. Frustrating.

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Mounted on camera it illuminates the scene very well. In slave mode the flash always fired even when placed behind the camera. Downside in that mode is that you loose TTL. You may have to adjust the flash output and direction of the flash to expose properly. I added a Vello TTL-Off-Camera Flash Cord for Canon EOS - 3 (1 m). With this accessory you have TTL metering. On the downside, have a lot of spare batteries handy. Battery life is not that great. All in all Im happy with it.

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Nice little flash for both on and off camera use. Ive been using this off camera with the Wein Pulsar IR trigger for poking around with one light setups. The fit and finish are outstanding. The only downside is that it uses AAA batteries and its a bit slow to cycle, especially if you use the higher exposures.

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Great, convenient size with adequate power for 90% of scenarios. I knew ahead of time that it did not have tilt or bounce, but you can work around this by using a Canon off-shoe cable. Unfortunately, there are two cons: (a) since it uses AAA batteries, dont expect rapid flash recycle after using the flash and (b) when the flash goes into hibernation mode after being idle for a few seconds, the TTL seems to lose the connectivity so you have to turn both the flash and the camera off and or to reestablish the link. Unfortunately, the EF-42 is too big in portion to the X-Pro 1 or the X-E1 for that matter. Hopefully, Fujifilm can fix con (b) with a firmware update.

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Looks great with the X-pro1 and X-E1 (probably the only bodies from a look standpoint with the upcoming X-M1). Performance is good, recharge speed is snail mail slow if flash is used at max firing (will eat up your AAA rapidly...), otherwise bulb recharge cycle time under fractional firing is fine. Pricey mostly due to its styling and size.

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Well made and powerful for its size, not as versitile as other flashes, no tilt, but it can be operated as a slave.

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