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.

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