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Dpreview: Portrait shooting with the Canon Speedlight 470-EX Ai flash

This year Canon released it's smartest flash ever, the Canon Speedlight 470-EX Ai flash that automatically figures out how to position itself to bounce flash for portrait photographers.

Dpreview took two seasoned portrait photographers and gave them the flash to try out, and this was the result.

Product Highlights

  • Auto Intelligent Bounce Head
  • Compatible with Canon E-TTL / E-TTL II
  • Guide Number: 154' at ISO 100 and 105mm
  • Zoom Range: 24-105mm (14mm with Panel)
  • Tilts Upward 120°, +/- 180° Rotation
  • AI.B Full-Auto and AI.B Semi-Auto Modes
  • Optical Receiver Mode
  • LCD Panel
  • AF Assist Beam
  • Runs on 4x AA Batteries

The Canon 470-EX Ai is one sale right now for $349 down from $399 until December 1st.

Purchase it from one of our preferred vendors below;

B&H Photo Video  Adorama Canon USA

 

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Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past.

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