Strobists's flash YN460-II, improved

Just got this flash from meritline.com (only 40$ + 8$ S/H), and was surprised to see some improvements which are not mentioned anywhere (including the meritline site), except for the included manual:

 

- Now it has the PC sync port. I tested it, and it works just fine (only in the M mode).

- Battery compartment was finally made sturdy (and the battery arrangement became linear - more convenient).

- The flash foot is made out of metal, and looks very sturdy.

- The flash head has a few fixed positions (it makes clicks when turned), in both directions.

 

For those who don't know - YN460 was already one of the best cheap flashes for off-camera usage (home photo studios); it has full manual power control, built-in optical trigger (both for single flash and TTL pre-flash), fully articulated head with built-in matte screen and reflecting card, very fast recharge time (2s with Eneloop batteries at full power), and the power output of Canon 430EX (real life output of 34 GN).

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Uploaded on July 11, 2012
Taken on July 11, 2012