Phottix Mitros+ TTL Transceiver £249/$250

Powerful and well-connected

Phottix is best known for its range of studio flash heads and triggering solutions, but this is a highly capable flashgun with Canon, Nikon and Sony dedicated options. It has a powerful Gn 58 rating, and wide-ranging flash modes that include programmable repeat. The kit comes with a diffusion dome and a weather-sealing shroud over its mounting foot. One downside is that the motorised zoom range is fairly modest, at 24-105mm.

Full optical commander and slave modes are featured, and the Phottix can also work in both master and slave modes with RF linking.

Performance

During our tests, maximum power output was a little down on other top-end flashguns, equalling that of the Canon 470EX-AI. It’s substantially lower than in the Canon 600EX II-RT, Nikon SB-5000 and Nissin i60A.

Power output

It’s not really a heavy-hitter among this company, struggling to live up to the claims of its Gn rating.

TTL accuracy 0.83

We found TTL metering to be fairly consistent, but usually nearly a full stop too bright.

Recycle speed (sec) NiMH 3.5 Alkaline 7.1 Recycle speed is average on NiMH and slow on alkaline.