Generally speaking, the Canon flash was ‘updated’ to the D-distance with the introduction of ETTLII, Nikon abandoned this system, which, IMO they never got right and was a prime mover in my, four years ago switch.
At that time the Canon system was really, really better. Nikon advanced their system whilst Canon has not, in fact, IMO the Canon flash control has gone backwards.
But, to get something akin to the Nikon flash one must trust the auto systems on the Canon, my prime Canon is the 1D series, here I can get good results in auto everything, unfortunately focus accuracy suffers and I am forced to use F/8 to get the dof necessary to cover the focus deficiencies.
In short range AF, typical for flash photography, the Nikon AF is also much better, and as the AF is closely linked to the flash assessment, the more accurately the camera focuses also offers the more accurate flash potential.
FEL on the Canon is neat, awkward but it works pretty well, as a disadvantage the metering point does not stay illuminated so it’s too easy to FEL incorrectly.
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Originally Posted by MagicNikon
I All is not bliss however, as the Nikon CLS flash system is far better, IMO. )
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