Hey there! I was just reminiscing about the good old days of trending EOS film cameras, and I remembered how much I loved using my Canon 430EZ flash on my 630 and Elan bodies. It always worked like a charm!

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High output compared to built-in flashes. Better control of flash strength and direction. Helps most of the recent Canon SLR bodies auto-focus, even complete darkness. Doesn't look/feel bulky. | Auckland roof painting

Small reflector should be able to controll independantly (But not a weak point though)

This is a strong flash with a lot of usable features. I love the separate flash exposure compensation mode. automatic likes

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High-performance clip-on flash.

No E-TTL. Old model. Sterling Accident Towing

It has excellent metering, Because the flash has the power and Powerful, Well built, feature filled Visit Sparkyreads!

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Manual only on DSLRs

Back in the days of EOS film bodies I owned a Canon 430EZ and loved it on my 630 and later Elan bodies. I gave that unit to my nephew who was taking some photo class at a University back East. I didn't need it and it wouldn't work on my current Digital bodies... or so I though...

I now own two 540EZ's and I use them as manual flashes both on and off camera and they are perfect, high powered and rugged units. I use them mostly as in an off camera role, fired wirelessly via a YongNuo RF-602 system. They wake easily through the RF-602 and they always fire. I bought the first one from a woman on eBay who didn't know that she could still use her beloved flash on her new canon XSi. She was actually really sad when she heard that it would still operate, but only as a manual flash. Many people think that these older Canon EOS flashes won't work on madern equipment, but they do and well. As long as you know how to use them as a manual flash.

If you just want a flash to pop on top of your camera to take pictures of the family or your pets and don't want to think anything about the light with your Canon DSLR, this IS NOT your flash. Go get a Canon 430EX or lesser speedlite.
But if you want to control your flash and play with the lighting both on or off the camera, then the Canon 540EZ is a great flash for both the older Canon EOS film bodies or as a manual flash on the newer Canon DSLRs.

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Excellent metering, because of the power that this flash has, Bounce and catchlight photography yield amazing results. Copies of the pictures taken with this flash were ordered by my friends, and I recieved praise for them. That's all we want from our photo equip. is it not?

Doesn't work with Digicams

A great flash for non digital users. I got this flash "used". It was almost brand new and still had the original batteries inside. The man who sold it. had to it because it didn't oprerate bproperly with Canon D-30. That is a fault caused by canon product managers. I own an A2E, and it worked flawlessly with the 540. As someone mentioned earlier, EOS 5 and A2E do not use external flash's assist light. Again, not a wise decision by Canon product people. If you don't use digital cameras, this is one great flash to use, with ample power and features. And unless you really need that higher speed synch, go with it instead of the 550.

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power. accuracy. features.

no in-camera exposure confirmation with eos 5. no focus assist with eos 5.

now, this flash is a strange thing. its focus illuminators will not light up with the eos 5 which i so rely on for my work. this is something which i loathe. apart from this, the flash is an excellent addition to your canon kit. it is fully specced for the eos 5, so if you own one, then this is the flash you need. if you''re looking for a good flash but don''t want to pay too much, i would also recommend the Vivitar 850AF, which is very adequate if your budget is lower. otherwise, it is worth splashing the cash on a 540ez.

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54 guide number! All other features are ok. Backlighting is a plus!

Lack of ETTL and High Speed Sync.

This is a great flash unit! All of my flash photographs are dead-on metered. The only thing lacking is the ETTL and the High Speed Sync which is quite important but for the price and feature this is a bargain. Even if features are lacking this is still a prefessional grade flash unit, it is very reliable.

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