Hey, everyone. So, I wanna do an unboxing
and, sort of, a brief review
for the Canon Speedlite 430EX Mark III-RT.
The Mark III-RT part is because it now--
Flash has been out for a while,
but now it features the remote control
that was in the 600, the radio-frequency control,
which is pretty awesome because it's significantly
less expensive than the 600,
and if you were to buy just the radio transmitter
to go on your hot shoe of your camera,
it costs about the same amount as this light.
So, why get just the transmitter
when you can get the transmitter
and a pretty powerful light to go with it?
Not as powerful as the 600, but pretty powerful.
Also with it, we got...
...two packs of Eneloop Pro batteries.
They are excellent batteries, they look really awesome,
they're black, they're Panasonic's Eneloop Pros,
and, more importantly, they perform excellently.
The crucial part about them is that their recycle time
is so low that when you use them on your Speedlites,
the Speedlite is ready over and over and over again,
you don't have to wait for it to charge up or recycle.
Also, they have a great capacity.
They have a high amount of recharges,
so they have a long life,
and they're a little bit pricey,
but they're worth it.
They're the best batteries I would recommend
for any Speedlight.
Let's get into the unboxing and the review.
[drill whirring]
All right, so now that that's open,
let's take a look inside.
Okay, so...
...first things first. I'm the realist.
There's a bag. Pretty good bag.
It's got writing on it. Writing's orange.
[inhaling] Smells like...
...like old Super Nintendo cartridges.
[inhaling] It's getting foggy in here.
[plastic crushing]
[gasping] I'm alright. Okay.
Then you've got the little pouch that often
the Canon Speedlites come in.
Inside is a... spider web...
with a flash inside of it. Let's see.
So, the 430 is actually considerably smaller
than what I thought it was gonna be.
I'll show you the 600 in a minute to see what,
to show you what I thought it was gonna look like.
Just gonna set that there.
Also, inside the carrying case is...
...the footed hot shoe
so you can put the flash on the table.
Or screw it into a quarter-inch light stand.
Also in the box is--
...looks like an accessory bag.
Doesn't really smell like anything.
And we've got a... ...warm...
...clip to go on the front.
This looks like, I don't know, medium orange, maybe?
And then... ...got a little diffuser.
Now this is interesting.
The bigger Speedlites don't come with this one.
They have, they just have the pop-down spread
and then the reflector,
but they don't come with this...
...this type, they have a...
clear plastic one that you can put filters on,
but this... little bit of a diffuser.
And then there is a CD...
because, in case this is 1997
and you need to install the drivers for your flash.
Actually, I think it's probably just the instruction manual,
but good news: it's for Windows and for Macintosh.
It also comes with a whole bunch of letters in circles...
and that's a real nice feature.
And then the rest is just your warranty card,
and your manual, like you would expect there would be.
Now, the cool thing about the 430 Mark III
is that now it has the same radio transmitter properties
as the 600, which is significantly more expensive.
As you can see, the 600 is significantly larger.
Now, it does provide quite a bit more power.
The numbers are actually an extended version
of the guide number; so the 600 is a 60, and the 430 is a 43.
If you're into photography equipment, this should mean
something to you. It's the amount of feet,
I think, at which a 100 ISO is achieved
or something to that effect. But basically,
60 is more powerful than 43 and so on down the line,
but the cool thing is that the 600 has the whole built-in
transmitter aspect to it as well,
but the 430s never did.
But now, with the Mark III, it does.
I haven't used one of these yet,
but I have a 5D Mark III over here,
so what we're going to do is we're gonna try it both ways.
There was some controversy there for a while
about which modes the 430 would allow,
whether you could be master on radio and on optical,
or just the slave on both or master and slave on one,
but only slave on the other.
So, we're gonna give it a whirl
and rule that out once and for all.
So here, I have my sack of batteries
and these are Eneloop Pros.
So, couple cosmetic things.
I mean, it's no big deal, I noticed that the battery cage
doesn't have quite the fit and finish of the 600.
Keep in mind that it's almost half the price.
So, that's nothing to really whine about.
Also, the dial is a little bit nicer
and it's more in line with the newer cameras.
This one kind of has a--
Well, it's actually pretty nice.
It has a very smooth,
almost like resemblance of an iPod,
an old iPod click wheel. Actually kind of nice.
[soft clicking]
Okay, so we turn this one on...
...set it, there's wireless off, linked shot...
um, Radio Master...
Radio Slave, optical slave...
...and optical individual slave.
So that goes to show that there is no optical master.
So, the only,... ...looks like, Canon Speedlite
in the current line that you can get
an optical master on would be the 600.
But I don't think that you're really gonna miss it,
because the radio transmission mode is probably
what you're going to want to have anyway.
Okay, so, we've got the 600 on Radio Master,
and we have the 430 on Radio Slave.
-Let's take a shot. -[camera clicking]
Both flashes fired.
So, put the proof out there. Okay, we're gonna take a shot.
-[clicking] -Okay. So now, let's switch it.
The exciting thing about this is the fact that,
like I said, if you get just a radio transmitter
for your camera, you're gonna spend almost
the same amount as you spend to get this whole light unit,
but you'll also get the light included.
So, if this can control the 600s,
then for what we do, that's fantastic,
because we can use the 600s more positionally
and take full advantage of the power,
and just have the on-camera light
you could even turn it off if you want,
but still have the ability to turn it on when you want.
We're just gonna go in here and set it to Radio Master now,
and we're gonna set the 600 now to...
...Radio Slave. Okay. So, let's take a shot.
Let's see... if this works. Okay?
[clicking]
Okay. So, there we go.
So, the 430 can control the 600.
So, let's say, for this situation now...
...that you wanted the on-camera unit
to operate just as a transmitter,
and you wanted it to be able to control all the other lights
in your group, so all the other lights in your set-up,
I think you can control up to fifteen Speedlights.
So here you have,
this one will be set to 1/128th power as we did,
and you can imagine a whole bunch of other lights
set up and controlled in the group here.
And now when we fire the shot,
this one you should notice should be a lot dimmer
than it was before and this one won't even fire,
but this one will still be able to control this one.
-Here we go. -[clicking]
So, it worked, I think, exactly how we wanted it to.
So, last feature I wanted to cover that I think
is really cool too is the Remote Release.
So, this one's set to Radio Slave
and I'm going to select the mode.
It says "REL" which is release,
so now you can use it like a remote.
So, when I press the button on here...
-[clicking] -It takes a picture.
It activates the shutter
and uses whatever flash settings you have.
So, it works like a radio, radio control for your camera.
So, if you were doing shots where you,,,
wanted to keep it still,
and you didn't want to touch the camera
while pressing the shutter, this is a great option.
Or secondly, if you wanted to move around this light,
so you had to hold it and you were trying
to fuss with something, but you didn't want to be
near the camera's on-camera light,
you can set this one up
wherever you need it and then...
[clicking]
...press the button and it will fire
remotely like that.
So... pretty cool, pretty cool features.
I'm really happy with the 430,
it does everything that we want it to do,
basically gives us the transmitter
on top of the camera without spending the amount of money
that you would spend on just the transmitter,
we also get an extra light.
And although it doesn't have as much power as the 600,
the 430 offers a decent amount--
Like, a significant amount of power that should be fine
for most practical applications.
This is a great Speedlight for the cost.
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