The flash has plenty of power, and is intended to be on par with the 580EXII. It works well enough in that respect, but it certainly not a Canon flash. The touchscreen is rather a pain to use. Also, the flash is not fully compatible with the PocketWizard FlexTT5 system.

Consistent Output; Lightweight; Powerful Output

Incompatible Wpocketwiza; Not Work W Pocketwizard; Slow Recycling

I'm mostly a newbie to flash photography and decided on getting this product after being hired to shoot a runway fashion show. I kinda figured the runway was going to be poorly lit and that I would be the only photographer there, so using an on camera flash would be ok.

Consistent Output; Easy To Use; Fast Recycling; Powerful Output; Versatile

Possibly A Battery Hog

Unusual flash as is first flash with LCD touch screen ever. Can't complain about control flow, maybe not fastest if you need to change EV comp very often (but is compatible with inbody settings of flash EV comp "-2" to "+1" which is great and much handier!).

features; look; lcd; power; Metz

can't rotate completly 180° to both sides - only one; lowest lcd brightness still too bright

A really well made flash that performs superbly. Touch screen not as responsive as it could be but works well.Great features and integrates well with my E-M5 and GX 7.

Easy to Use; Lightweight; Reliable; Strong Construction

I've only played with this for a few hours, but so far it's a fantastic product. Compared to the similarly priced Canon 430 ex II it matches or exceeds many of the features the Canon offers. The build quality is excellent and it delivers a powerful, reliable flash.

Taking advantage of Boxing week pricing , I bought the Metz 52 af1 for my nikon d5100 sometime in January. And since then I have been taking it through the paces.ttl is seamless, in servo mode I'm able to execute off camera flash exposures using the cameras' inbuilt flash to fire the metz.