Quote Originally Posted by jrw View Post
Still waiting for mine to arrive. It is on order.

Have been using flash on body in meantime. Will appreciate the weight reduction.

Using 5D3s for a while now I am not convinced of need to have focus assist on transmitter. With the low light focus abilities of the bodies it can be put on I think the focus assist is on verge of being redundant. Now having printed that we all know what will happen the very next day..... Sure, the focus will be slower sometimes without it but I seldom shoot in caves, taverns, or churches so it wasn't even a spec I looked at. For the wedding photographers I think using a flash for the assist will sometimes be done when in a darker environment.

Edit: Forgot the gentle nudge. You know you want one and maybe even really need one so go get one!!
I'm not trying to be that guy...but in my case the focus assist on the ST-E2 (on 5D3) is very helpful. I shoot events for a guy who does a lot of fancy uplighting and it is usually very dark at his jobs. I'll have a 580EXII on a bracket (rendering it's assist beam almost useless) and will have the ST-E2 trigger it. This is also very helpful in heavily back lit situations.