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<blockquote data-quote="theregsy" data-source="post: 634609" data-attributes="member: 4398">I bought a Neewer for a similar price and looks very similar too, it seemed to be a good flash, worked well, in fact still does. But a word of caution, the locking pin wedged down on top of my <a href="https://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d700-98/" target="_blank">D700</a> and no matter what I did with the locking wheel refused to unlock. After a lot of searching on the web and fiddling about I discovered that at the front of the flash just above the locking ring, hidden in the threads, was a little silver lever that I managed to lift with a jewellers screw driver undoing the pin. The flash still works perfectly but with the aid of a pair of side cutters the lock pin is no longer there. I post this in the hope that you will never need the information and that your new flash provides a long and useful function <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="theregsy, post: 634609, member: 4398"] [COLOR=#333333][INDENT]I bought a Neewer for a similar price and looks very similar too, it seemed to be a good flash, worked well, in fact still does. But a word of caution, the locking pin wedged down on top of my [URL="https://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d700-98/"]D700[/URL] and no matter what I did with the locking wheel refused to unlock. After a lot of searching on the web and fiddling about I discovered that at the front of the flash just above the locking ring, hidden in the threads, was a little silver lever that I managed to lift with a jewellers screw driver undoing the pin. The flash still works perfectly but with the aid of a pair of side cutters the lock pin is no longer there. I post this in the hope that you will never need the information and that your new flash provides a long and useful function :)[/INDENT] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#3E3E3E][INDENT] [/INDENT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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