Neewer TT560 Flash Speedlite for Canon Sony Nikon Panasonic Olympus Pentax and Other DSLR Cameras, Digital Camera Speedlight with Standard Hot Shoe

Impressed for the price
***NOTE*** THIS IS A MANUAL FLASH…YOU CANNOT USE YOUR CANON CAMERA FLASH MENU TO CONTROL THE FLASH.I must say, I didn’t have high expectations for this flash. I checked some of the reviews and they were mixed, but reviews are a small part of the reason I make a purchase. The flash is pretty well built for the price range, and seems like it will last for a long time. The optical slave NEVER misses, and it’s extremely sensitive even when it’s turned in the opposite direction of the master flash. Even though I’m a professional Photographer…to me…Light is light no matter where it comes from. If your flash cost you $500…can I use this flash an create the same image?…You bet I can…How you use your equipment is more important than what equipment you have. Don’t get me wrong though…more expensive pieces of equipment usually have more options and allow you certain freedoms, but ehhh…learn with the cheap stuff, and once you see your limits with this equipment…move on from there.******************************************Update!!!!: 9/11/2013First of all (today is 9/11) my condolences to those who have lost loved ones as I did in the attacks)It has been ALMOST 2 years since I’ve purchased 3 of these flashes, and they are still working PERFECTLY!!!I’m not a fan of spending money on things that will breakdown in the future, and these flashes have been banged around and thrown all over the place yet they still continue to produce excellent light for my photography needs.I usually use them for background, hair lights, and sometimes as a filler when it’s needed and they have been great. The construction is solid, ease of use is key, optical slave is super sensitive and reliable. When you have good batteries in them…the recycle time is quick. I recommend VERY good rechargeable batteries (eneloop and powerex have never failed me).******************************************Update: 12/9/2013I ordered another one today to use as another slave…the other 3 that I have are still working perfectly fine and I have never had a problem with them at all. for such a cheap product…it’s pretty shocking that they last this long and contunue to fire on command in slave mode without a miss!!!! I might be getting 2 more of these for a total of 6…some of my light setups are very elaborate, and I’ve learned the distance to power ratio in my studio of these flashes and never need to meter tham…they add light just where I need it when I have a snoot on each one. PERFECT!!!

Good Flash, But Leaves some Things to Be Desired
This flash is an good flash, and is certainly affordable. It has worked on my Canon Camera during testing and is working fine so far. The camera does have two issues so far that are related to build quality. The first issue is that the cover for the PC socket is junk. It is made out of some type of rubber but does not fit the socket at all and continues to fall out of the PC socket. If it was not for the fact that the cover was tethered to the flash it would have been lost on the first day of receiving the flash.The second issue is more serious and will require some modification. This issue has to do with the battery compartment. The flash’s battery compartment has a design flaw that may present some NiMh batteries from making contact with the contact plates in the flash’s battery compartment. This in turn will prevent the flash from powering up. Normal AA Alkaline work fine so no issue there. The battery door contacts seems to be a issue for quite a few owners of this product. I have attached my response to another reviewer that is having the same issue that I have encountered. Other then these two issues I can confidently recommend this flash without hesitation.My response to another review:I received my flash yesterday. I encountered the same issue as you. while using NIMH rechargeable. Prior to reading your review I had just thought that the rechargeable batteries were dead. I tried regular Alkaline batteries and they worked fine I then tried the rechargeable again and nothing. I then tried the rechargeable batteries in my camera and they worked without issue. Next I opened the battery compartment to examine what was going on and it was apparent that the batteries were not making contact with the door. If you are are having the problem as described you can push down on the door while it is closed with the problem batteries inserted. While the flash is turned on you will want to push down on the door’s left side right above the battery which has the negative contact facing the door. For further identification of where to push, the door has a 6×4 grid of grip dots on it and you will need to push on the four left dots right above the words batt/push. with enough force you will see the flash panel light up. When you remove the pressure the flash’s panel will go out.Now for the solution. I originally raised the four contacts at the bottom of the battery compartments. This can be done with a large paper clip bent so as to grab the contacts and raise them up however this did not resolve the issue SO DON’T bother with trying this solution. Now if you notice with the battery door of the flash open that the design flaw is that the contact for the lower left battery has a small dimple especially compared to the dimple for the upper right contact. To resolve this what you will need is a small paper clip. With the large loop and small loop(inner) of the paper clip pointing down bend the inner loop slightly away from you. What you are attempting to do is bend the inner loop so that it will fit behind the contact plate with the small dimple, and the large loop will fit on the outside of the contact plate, which is the side with the dimple that will also contact the batteries negative side. The large loop of the paper clip should contact the small dimple ever so slightly and continue around this dimple with no other modification needed. You want the paper clip to hug the dimple or otherwise it may move or change position which would not be a good thing and will just cause aggravation.If you installed the paper clip correctly you will now be able to use the batteries that were causing the issue without any problems whatsoever. There will be no need to remove the paper clip when using alkaline or other AA batteries you can just leave it in place. There may be slightly more resistance when closing the battery door but it should not be a issue and provides a semi-permanent solution. This solution should not be required if the contact plate was designed correctly but it is what it is at this point.

A flashy 5 star for it

Operates perfectly with my Canon M50 camera. Easy to set up on, or off the camera hot shoe.