Altura Photo Camera Flash with LCD Display for DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras - External Speedlite Featuring a Standard Hot Shoe, Universal Speedlight for Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic and More

I am an amateur photographer, but studied photography some at university. After doing some research and gaining more knowledge about the advantage of a hot shoe flash I found this one for my canon. When I went to order it, an Amazon alert read "frequently returned item," so that concerned me. But it seemed that a lot of negative reviews were from folks with less understanding on the operation. As long as you read the description and understand your camera, there's no reason to not get this flash. The price is great and it works well!

Picked this up for $61 as I often do indoor photography and I just hated always cranking up my iso super high. This flash was the perfect remedy for that.I like that the flash feels durable with some weight, though it is made of all plastic. It comes with a diffuser and a reflective piece that helps make the light softer.I mainly picked this brand because I previously purchased altura’s camera lens cleaning kit and was pretty satisfied with their quality.The picture of my cat was taken at 1/250, F2.8, Iso 200, Flash on 1/32 bounced off the ceiling. Pretty good results! Beats cranking iso up to 8K or dropping the shutter speed too much.The flash has several steps of power going all the way down to 1/128.Haven’t used it long enough to list the con’s. Will update if I am unsatisfied with the flash.

Great quality and easy to use with my camera. Would recommend to anyone!! Very functional, great flash power, and very bright.

It was easy to setup and was delivered in a timely fashion.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I was hoping that there would be an automatic setting but haven’t found that to be the case. This may be operator error more than the flash itselfValue for money:Good Ease of use:more complicated than I had hoped

It was much better quality than I expected as I had not purchased one in 25 years. I clipped it onto my 1969 Rollie 35 and it works great.

I bought this to replace another of the same brand that just stopped working - but I got 6 years out of it, so wasn't too upset.This one has a critical defect - no auto shut-off. The old one would shut off after a period of inactivity. This one does not. So it eats batteries like popcorn.

This is a great basic flash with multiple settings. The hinge on the door over the battery compartment is a bit fragile so care needs to be taken with it but for the price you’re not buying a high quality flash. I bought these for doing photos of shelter animals and I just do a couple of test shots before I start to get my exposure set right. I have yet to need to use them on full power and the optical trigger works fine as long as the sensor is in view. I use Eneloop rechargeable batteries in them and although the recycling time isn’t super fast it’s not an impediment in most cases.