Recommend a Flash?

[gryffinwings]

Ok so far we have several Yongnuo flashes that all seem to be pretty good. Now the question is which one do I want and translating features into language I understand. I understand TTL is something that meters the flash for me??

I have no idea if I need or want a wireless trigger or if the flash I get will need it???

I would like to do some off camera flash as well, just not sure what I need and how it would be set up with my Nikon D5100.

So here are the ones I'm looking at:
Yongnuo YN468
Amazon.com: Yongnuo YN-468 II i-TTL Speedlite Flash With LCD Display, for Nikon: Electronics

Yongnuo YN560
Amazon.com: Yongnuo YN-560 Speedlight Flash for Canon and Nikon: Electronics

Yongnuo YN465
Amazon.com: Yongnuo Digital Speedlite Flash YN465 for Nikon DSLR Camera: Electronics

Yongnuo YN467
Amazon.com: Yongnuo YN-467 Flash Speedlite Dedicated E-TTL for Canon DSLR Cameras: Electronics

I'm tempted buy either the 467 or 468, but not sure at the moment.

 

[gryffinwings]

Well I think I may settle with the Yongnuo YN468 II. Seems like a very good flash from what I've heard and seen.

 

[Fortkentdad]

I am pondering the same question. I bought a Nikon D5100 earlier this summer and am trying to go past the "auto-everything" mode I got stuck in when I had my Nikon SLR film camera. With the DSLR I can afford to experiment and it does not cost me the developing costs that kept me in the "auto" mode with the film SLR years ago. I do not have a flash for my camera but am thinking that I should get one. I was a little taken back by the price of the Nikon Flashes - the small SB400 at $149 (CDN) is one option but I read elsewhere on this forum that it is not much of a step up from the built in flash that is on my camera.

I checked out the offerings at Amazon.ca and on ebay.ca and find that there are a few brands that keep coming up. The Neewer brand, Bower, Yongnuo, and the only one I've heard of before a Polariod. They seem to come in three price ranges. For about $20 I can get a small slave unit that comes with a bracket to hold it off to the side of the camera, for about $50 or thereabouts I can get a manual one, and for $110-$150 I can get one that promises the TTL automatic feature that is compatible with my camera. I also see the LED light rings that I might get as I do photograph my models (not those kind of model's, I'm into model railways, in the small N scale where a boxcar is all of 2" long).

Which of these makes the most sense for a beginner - trying to get past the "auto"-mode rut?