We’ve received Pixel’s new flash gun for Canon E-TTL II, the Mago. We’ve made an unboxing video that includes our first impressions of it.
Too long; didn’t watch:
Update: Pixel have told us the Mago is not the X-650C, just “Mago”.
This flash compatible with camera canon 650d? I doubt that it is compatible.
I haven’t a 650D, so I can’t test that for myself, but during my first tests it’s worked well with my 5D3 and 600EX, both on-camera and wirelessly. Why do you doubt it is compatible?
Because i’m buying x-650 (not C) and camera 650d refused to work with flash. Was the same with flash yongnuo yn-468.
I was one of the first 20 testers. I am in the process of reviewing the X-600 flash. I have a Canon 7D and T4i (650). I test the flash on both cameras. Seems to work fine on both cameras.
Agree about the diffuser. It feels loose. However, I could not shake it off the flash head. Even though I tried.
Hi! Have you tested the hss functionality? Is it working fine?
Hi Abel, I haven’t tested HSS very extensively yet, but so far it seems to be working just fine, even at 1/8000 sec.
Good start, I just finished my review of it last week. I went ahead and linked your site to mine.
Happy hunting and take care!
Here’s mine if you are curious – http://tcphotoblog.com/2014/07/21/pixel-mago-speedlight-review-live-blog-from-07-21-2014-to-8-01-2014/
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I had bought the X650C from the taobao China a month ago, very cheap, many said Mago is the OEM of X650C. The diffuser is really very loose, but it can be easily fixed by using a hair-blower to heat it up and press the sides slightly inward, it will be fitted perfectly! But however, the E-TTL is so inaccurate, I always used to adjust it to -2 to -3 EV for not being over exposure, I wondered whether they could fix this by updating the firmware.
I’ve heard other testers had troubles with E-TTL inacurracies, but haven’t experienced them myself; my Mago has always exposed within 0.3EV of my 600EX-RT (on 5D3, Evaluative metering).
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