Our Overall Score:
8.6/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter 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: £239
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter. 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter
Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter scores 8.4/10 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter, 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter scores 8.3/10 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter.
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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter actually comes in below average at £239.
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, 3 were more expensive and 1 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter.
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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter at £239 actually below 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 2 items that were more expensive and 1 that was less expensive.
Reviews of Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter
Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter scores 9.2/10 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter is.
Overall score
Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter scores 8.6/10 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 ST-E3-RT Transmitter by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: Canon Speedlite ST-E3-RT Transmitter
- Brand: Canon
- Model Number: STE3RT
- Range: up to 30 mFire up to 15 Speedlites remotelyE-TTL II flash controlWeather sealed against dust & moisture
- EAN: 4960999810232
- Description: Top features:- Solid wireless flash control for professional shoots- Build and trigger a multi-flash lighting setup- Control your DSLR remotely with control for up to 15 cameras- Simple, weather-sealed design for ease of useSolid wireless flash controlWith the Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT in your photographic arsenal, you can control up to 15 compatible Canon Speedlite flashguns (each sold separately) from up to 30 m away.The transmitter uses a 2.4 GHz radio frequency for reliability, allowing you to shoot confidently and accurately outdoors and around corners – essential when sightlines are obscured.Build and trigger a multi-flash lighting setupFor inventive studio and field shoots, you can build a complex multi-flash lighting setup with up to 15 Speedlite flashes (each sold separately) – then fire them remotely with one camera-mounted ST-E3-RT Speedlite Transmitter.Control your exposures easily with E-TTL II flash metering to get the results you want.Control your DSLR remotelyIf your EOS camera is fitted with a Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT, you can trigger it from a second unit, or from a compatible Speedlite flashgun like the Speedlite 600EX-RT. Achieve incredible creative and professional results with synchronised shooting using up to 15 cameras.Simple, weather-sealed designHelping you shoot for longer outdoors, the ST-E3-RT is weather-sealed to withstand dust and moisture, made to match the standard of professional EOS cameras and L-series lenses.The backlit LCD screen allows for easy reading so you can check your settings quickly, even in challenging or dim conditions.
- Product ID: 3643091497
