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I use the SB-800 for shooting bar events and fashion shows it has the aux power input, remote triggering. you can pick it up for about 200, but if your just going to shoot a few portraits then a 400 or 600 would be sufficient
Oh wow, I just looked. I saw some used SB-80DXs on ebay for about $120. What makes them better than the SB-600s?
Eh. I would think anything over $100 should be spent on a lens instead of a flash. I'm looking for the best flash that will fill shadows on faces. Will the SB-400 or SB-80ex do that best?
Don't worry... I won't tell the people who spend $10,000 on ProPhoto lighting equipment.
BTW... hundred bucks for a lens? That won't get you too far up the chain of quality either. Lenses today are 4 digits for the "good ones". The current top of the line battery powered strobe is the SB-900 at just around $500.
Depends on what you want to do... a cheap flash is just that... a cheap flash, just like a cheap lens is just that.
Even one of the better bargains out there are the Vivitars and SunPacks that go between 80-150. A hundred bucks for a strobe is nothing incredible in terms of an investment.
Where can you get an SB800 for $200?