580EX Speedlite, Info Please!

[Tockman]

Hi,
I'm using a 350D with a Sigma 170-500mm lens,usually at 500mm,and considering purchasing the 580EX speeedlite(for the dark and gloomy days ahead!) any info/comments or pic's taken using this,or similar setup much appreciated.
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Thanks, Alan.

[UlfL]

Hi,
I'am using a 350D with a Sigma 170-500mm lens,usually at 500mm,and considering purchasing the 580EX speeedlite(for the dark and gloomy days ahead!) any info/comments or pic's taken using this,or similar setup much appreciated.
If you want to photograph anything further away than 10-15 meters you will definitively need the Better Beamer flash extender, and for faster flash recycling time I would recommend the batterypack CP-E3.

Discussed this with Paul Weston in a thread not long time ago:
click here (http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=65322)

Regards, Ulf

[Tockman]

If you want to photograph anything further away than 10-15 meters you will definitively need the Better Beamer flash extender, and for faster flash recycling time I would recommend the batterypack CP-E3.

Discussed this with Paul Weston in a thread not long time ago:
click here (http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=65322)

Regards, Ulf


Thanks for the info and link Ulf,

Regards, Alan.