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Portable flash - Sony HVL-F20M or Metz 26-Af1

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Eddie3dfx

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I'm looking for a portable flash for shooting.
I have strobes if I need professional indoor/interior shots, but I'm really looking for a very small casual flash that I can take for street shooting.

Unfortunately there are not that many smaller portable flashes.. Nissin I40 is nice, but it's still a bit large.

I haven't seen many peopl use the metz, but it does look very portable and has an LED light for video
Sony 20 seems to have a good bounce flash

Any ideas or recommendations on other flashes??
 
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Vivek

Guest
Is this for NEX or FF? The Sony flash (not very useful) fits the NEX line well and looks ridiculous (besides being useless) on the A7 cams.
 
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deejjjaaaa

Member
Eddie3dfx said:
I'm looking for a portable flash for shooting.
I have strobes if I need professional indoor/interior shots, but I'm really looking for a very small casual flash that I can take for street shooting.

Unfortunately there are not that many smaller portable flashes.. Nissin I40 is nice, but it's still a bit large.

I haven't seen many peopl use the metz, but it does look very portable and has an LED light for video
Sony 20 seems to have a good bounce flash

Any ideas or recommendations on other flashes??
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alternatives are 2 x AA flashes like Meike MK320 for $80



I, myself, use Sony HVL-F20M flash for casual snaps with A7R2 - it works very well for its purposes (I also have HVL-F60M, but it is too big to take it around very often for casual use).
 
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Eddie3dfx

New member
I picked up the Sony HVL-F20M from ebay and it's really a nice little unit.
It takes up very little space and is excellent as an indoor bounce flash... it's a simple flash.. when faced down or flat, it' off.. when up, it's on.
The direct flash is a little harsh, but I'm not a huge fan of direct.
Outdoors, I almost always prefer not using flash and I haven't fully tested it in outdoor party setting yet.
It uses 2 AAA batteries and can be thrown a coat pocket.. weighs nothing
If I need anything bigger, I'll use my strobes or pickup a cheaper chinese yonguo
 
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