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08 Jun, 2010
Good lighting is always worth the investment
1 of 1 found this helpful While lens are important, I feel lighting is more critical. You must always be ready for any lighting condition. So, I chose buying this flash unit. Definately a smart choice. I considered buying off-brand units to save money, but after reviewing the specs I new this one would meet my demands and be 100% compatible. Specifically on the manual settings and recharge times. Mechanically it's well built. It has a sliding shoe lock rather than a threaded dial to tightening. A push release allows for controlled angle movement of the flash rather than force click. A diffuser and white card is also integrated in the flash and easy to pull in and out. The auto and manual settings are very similar to previous speedlite models. But one nice feature is the wireless link when using other speedlites as slave flashes. This feature works great because it doesn't depend off the bounced light to trigger the flash, the 580 sends a signal to the slave flash. I've used light triggered slave units and they don't work well if the light doesn't directly hit the sensor.
16 Apr, 2010
Best AGC upgrade
This is a great performance card for those that are not ready to buy a new system with PCI-express. I've been able to max out graphics settings on many games including GRAW, Vegas, and Crysis. Of course you wouldn't be able to do the same with most recent games that take advantage of DX10 and duo core processors. You can still play recent games such as Hawx on medium settings without the worry of a low frame rate. Recents games are still playable with this card.
The only drawback is that it is a power hungry card and requires space in the case. But that's not an issue for me as I have towers with enough space and running with 600W power supplies.
30 Oct, 2013
Good mic for the price
Great pickup with minimal noise at cardioid setting. Super cardioide setting does produce noise, therefore, you need to reduce the input gain to reduce noise. Internal plastic casing is weak. Weakness causes issues to fully insert XLR plug cable. It is a good budget mic