Lens or Flash

[RedGoblinz]

My brother is gonna have a something-like-prom during December this year and he offered i go photograph the event. It will be in a park at night with those lights you hang on christmas trees.

So my question is whether i should buy a flash or a 50mm f1.8 first.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by RedGoblinz

My brother is gonna have a something-like-prom during December this year and he offered i go photograph the event. It will be in a park at night with those lights you hang on christmas trees.

So my question is whether i should buy a flash or a 50mm f1.8 first.

Flash unless you want to shoot at ISO3200. The fastest glass in the world can not make light where there is none.

[RedGoblinz]

What do you think would be the downside if i bought the Di622ii?

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by RedGoblinz

What do you think would be the downside if i bought the Di622ii?

People will point and giggle

I have never tried them, supposedly they work well with TTL etc, I have heard if you upgrade bodies, sometimes off brand flashes are not compatible with the new body, where Nikon/Canon make sure their products talk. They are really only $100 less, I would probably not buy a coffee every day and just buy a brand name a month down the road.

Actually here is a quote from another forum from someone who owned both:

Originally Posted by nofocus View Post

Having owned and used both, I would recommend the SB600 - it is worth the extra RM300 to 400 to have the reliability and consistency of performance that you will get with the Nikon unit, not to mention the much longer usable life and professional-grade build of the SB600.

Whilst the Nissin can produce good enough results, especially if coupled with a suitable reflector, you will find that it can "misbehave" most unexpectedly when you're depending upon its TTL abilities. Unit to unit variance amongst the Nissin flashes is much wider than with Nikon flashes, due to an obviously lower level of quality control. With age, simple things which might bother the Nikon user after several years of use become an irritating problem very much earlier on with the Nissin - an example is the quality of the hot-shoe build and material itself, which "ages" and can produce unreliable contact much earlier than it would on the Nikon unit. If none of that matters to you, then getting the Nissin will save you a lot of cash, of course.



Now that has been replaced by the SB-700, which has even more features and is only 100 bucks more than the Nissin

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by RedGoblinz

My brother is gonna have a something-like-prom during December this year and he offered i go photograph the event. It will be in a park at night with those lights you hang on christmas trees.

So my question is whether i should buy a flash or a 50mm f1.8 first.

Depends on what other lighting they'll have. They'll have to have some other spots. If you're gonna use flash, I'd recommend an assisitant with the flash on a pole in a small softbox so you can use it as your own little spot.

[gturner]

Flash would be my choice + a diffuser/ bounce aid

[SwissJon]

If youre on a limited budget, then you'll probably be able to pick up a second hand sb800 for the price of a new di622ii.

[RedGoblinz]

K so its either 430EX ii second hand or Di622 ii new.

[RedGoblinz]

I dont know.. lol.
Buying a 2nd hand 430EX ii would be around RM 900 too.
New Di622ii for about 600.

Argh. lol. Im thinking to buy the Di622ii but im scared ill regret for some reasons like me thinking "Nah, that won't bother me!"