Cheap flash for off camera work w/PWs?
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mpaul73
Registered: Jun 10, 2003
Total Posts: 1089
Country: United States

I remember a while back when I posted about having issues using my pocket wizards with my 580ex II that some people suggested a good cheap Nikon flash that would fire remotely with PW's. Does anyone know the model(s)?

Thanks,

Martin.



Lucky_Dog
Registered: Feb 17, 2007
Total Posts: 2154
Country: United States

I have two SB28's and an SB26... They work great.



kasakato
Registered: Sep 14, 2008
Total Posts: 247
Country: Canada

SB24, SB26, or even the SB28 are a good place to start.



Conradp04
Registered: Jul 12, 2007
Total Posts: 809
Country: United States

sb28's, vivitars...i don't know if the sb24's will work, it's missing a part that the 28's has..i could be mistaken though, but the 28s can be had for 100< and more if people knew how much they are in demand

::conrad::



alanwarp
Registered: Oct 09, 2007
Total Posts: 988
Country: United States

sb-24's work fine, the only go down to 1/16th though...



Scott Clark
Registered: Aug 21, 2007
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I've got three SB-28s, and like them a lot. I've got other manual flashes, but those are my favorites.

*edit* You can get all the cables you would need from Flash Zebra pretty inexpensively.



Chris_Crawley
Registered: Jun 15, 2005
Total Posts: 305
Country: United States

sb-26's are gods gift to photographers

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-Speedlight-SB-26-Flash_W0QQitemZ260441714355QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDigital_Camera_Flashes?hash=item3ca3892eb3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1234%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50



user954
Registered: Jul 18, 2008
Total Posts: 266
Country: United States

SB-24
SB-26 (Built in optical slave)
SB-28
SB-28DX
SB-80DX (Built in optical slave)

I'm probably forgetting more, but they all work because they have a PC Sync cord jack built in. I've owned the SB-28 and SB-28DX, they were both great till I found some SB-80DX flashes and switched up. The great thing about the SB-80DX aside from the optical slave is that they closely resemble the SB-800.



G Lund
Registered: Dec 10, 2005
Total Posts: 1283
Country: United States

If you are looking for a good flash that you use your pw's for nothing more than a trigger like I do....all your work is done in the manual mode...look at this flash head.. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=workaround.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=553296&is=REG I have the more expensive Sigma EF-530 DG Super ETTL flash head and always seem to grab the my Sunpak flash first...in fact Im thinking of selling my Sigma and buying a fourth Sunpak.
George



Saad Syed
Registered: Jan 24, 2007
Total Posts: 2914
Country: United States

The sb-28 is classic. They work wonderfully off-camera.



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