Vivitar 485HV vs Niko SB600

[KmH]

So Vivitar seems to be better...

Better? Only in some fairly limited ways.

The Vivitar is a much simpler strobe light and has fewer features.

You cannot use Nikon's iTTL or CLS with the Vivitar 285HV.

The big advantage the Vivitar 285HV has over the Nikon SB-600 is the price, if you know how to use the 285HV and the camera in manual mode.

 

[PhillyPhoton]

Well they would be used. Check your local craigslist, or ebay. Or the buy/selll section here. I see them go for $150-175 all the time.

I just ordered one at best buy and I asked if they would price match, they had it for 220 in the case got it for 199 as that what it was listed on amazon

Where do you see a sb600 on amazon for 199..? I cannot find it below 279..

Regards,
Jake

Nikon SB 600 - Hot-shoe clip-on flash - Soft case - 30M#

my bad not amazon

 

[Dao]

Just in case if someone looking for used price on 285hv. I picked up 3 used one in past (from different persons at different time) for $50 each from local craigslist. And I think that is a fair price.