Our Overall Score:
8.8/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Flashguns category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £389
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Canon or alternative products in the Flashguns category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun
Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun scores 9.1/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Flashguns. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Flashguns, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Flashguns? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun scores 8.7/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Flashguns category was £539.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £179.00 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Flashguns category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Flashguns category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Flashguns category. This was £321.00 from the 5 products we found in that category. So Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun actually comes in above average at £389.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £539.00 and the least expensive, which was £179.00. In total we found that of the 5, 1 were more expensive and 3 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun.
Prices of products from Canon
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Canon. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Canon, which was £431.49 of the 305 products we found. So Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Canon was £3.99 with the most expensive coming in at £2819.00.
Prices of products from Canon and in the Flashguns category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Canon that sit specifically within the Flashguns category.
For this we found that the average price was £336.50, making Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun at £389 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £539.00 with the lowest priced item being £179.00. In total there were 1 items that were more expensive and 2 that was less expensive.
Reviews of Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun
Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun scores 8.7/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun is.
Overall score
Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun scores 8.8/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Canon so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun
- Brand: Canon
- Model Number: 470EXAI
- Guide number: 47Motion: swivel & tiltCoverage: 14 mmCompatible with Canon
- EAN: 4549292084658
- Description: Top features:- Focus on your composition and shoot quickly – Brilliant lighting for groups and portraits – Light up scenes with off-camera flash Focus on your compositionCapture photos worth sharing with the Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI Flashgun. No ordinary flashgun, the 470EX-AI has a motorised bounce and swivel head which does all the hard work for you, so you can focus on your composition.It’s equipped with a high-performance CPU which controls the motorised flash head. It instantly measures the distance between your subject and the ceiling and automatically adjusts itself to give you the best bounce angle.No more experimenting to get that perfect shot or keeping your subject waiting, just professional-looking, naturally lit images with no shadows or glare.Brilliant lightingWherever your photography takes you, you can be prepared for any subject. Great for weddings and events, the 470EX-AI has a guide number of 47 m. This makes it ideal for lighting large groups and bouncing light off walls and ceilings for softer, more natural results.And when you’re shooting with a zoom lens, the flash aims to match the viewing angle you’re using, so you can light further and wider.Light up scenesNot just for portraits, you can shoot other subjects too, no matter how tricky. The 470EX-AI can be placed and triggered up to 10 m away, so you can light the scene the way you want. No extra equipment needed.
- Product ID: 22015083513
