Metz MZ 54247P 54MZ-4 Flash for Pentax Cameras

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July 5, 2008

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Publisher : Metz
Company : Metz
List Price : $500.00
Used Price : $242.38


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Product Description

The new Metz 54MZ-4 is a special version of the company's 54MZ-3 series flash that's been specifically designed for Pentax Digital SLRs. Because the Metz 54MZ-4 is D-TTL compatible, it will provide functionality based on the specific type of Pentax lens used. The 54MZ-4 has a built-in secondary flash that can be used as fill to produce wraparound lighting when the main flash, with its built-in tilt/swivel function,is bounced off a wall or ceiling. The main flash's Auto Zoom feature works with lenses in the 24-105mm range, producing a Guide Number of 177 (feet) at ISO 100 at maximum zoom setting & a Guide Number of 131 (feet) at ISO 100 at 50mm. This new flash unit retains the user-friendly operation control panel of the 54MZ-3 & offers nine different Automatic settings & well as a variable Manual mode, offering ratios down to 1/256th power. The 54MZ-4 is user-friendly with only 2 buttons, & a single thumb wheel controls the logically arranged menu system. The illuminated LCD panel is large & easy-to-read & only displays the pertinent mode information. Special features of the 54MZ-4 includes the display of focal length for the lensin use in the LCD screen. This display can be adjusted from feet to meters, or to various film/digital formats for standard 35mm, APS "digital", 645, or 6x6. Other features are auto flash bracketing, auto shut-off, & lockable keypad eliminating accidental setting changes.

Customer reviews

An outstanding flash gun 5 by .. ()
Perhaps I'm no expert on flash photography, and I'd prefer not to have to be one, so my ideal flash would do the right thing without any interferance from me. Just like this one does.

I have an EOS-20D and the dedicated version of this flash with the M3 adapter. I'm not particularly fond of the standard hot shoe method of attaching a flash, but it seems secure enough. Once you work out how to get the flash into E-TTL mode (mode then selector wheel) everything just works. Set P or full auto mode and away you go. Direct or bounce flash is all handled automagically by the E-TTL system. Basically the camera monitors exposure and when it has had enough light it tells the flash to switch off.

I haven't used manual or strobe modes, except when messing with the controls to see what they do. Charge and recharge are fast, I'm using 2500mAh NiMH batteries, it takes four. I can't say how long they last because I've always recharged them before they were flat.

The flash is well constructed, no rough edges, no cheap parts, no loose bits. The carrying case is just enough protection for a device that spends its life being humped around in a camera bag.

Pentax camera

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