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Can anyone recommend a decent quality, inexpensive speedlite? I'm looking for something with an optical slave that will trigger off of my SB-600. It will be used off-camera and manual controls are fine. If you could provide a link that would be great!
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Old 04-12-2011, 02:48 AM
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Can anyone recommend a decent quality, inexpensive speedlite? I'm looking for something with an optical slave that will trigger off of my SB-600. It will be used off-camera and manual controls are fine. If you could provide a link that would be great!
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The yongnuo yn-460 and yn-560 from gadget infinity are pretty cheap and powerful manual flashes with slave functions. QC can be a bit of an issue especially with shipping to and from China. A step up in the QC and service would be the lumopro lp160. Great service from mpex.
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Here's something stateside.

LumoPro LP160 Manual Flash

I've ordered plenty of things from mpex and have always been satisfied with their customer service as well as the quality of the products.
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The yongnuo yn-460 and yn-560 from gadget infinity are pretty cheap and powerful manual flashes with slave functions. QC can be a bit of an issue especially with shipping to and from China. A step up in the QC and service would be the lumopro lp160. Great service from mpex.
Gadget Infinity sells yongnuo?!?
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Yeah, the yongnuo stuff is from their eBay store, or through various resellers (there are even a few on Amazon).

I'd also recommend looking at speedlights.net.

They list a bunch of iTTL-compatible speedlights, too:

Flash for Nikon - Nikon speedlights and cheap alternatives | Speedlights.net

And their reviews are pretty thorough on what function they have and what functions they don't both on and off camera.
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I've also got the LP160 - no problems to-date.
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Cool I trust them more than ebay... Maybe when the YN-565 is released I can talk my wife into letting me pick one up. However I am already expecting then You already have enough flashes speech. I want the ttl slave feature for run and gun situations in combination with my 580EXII.


BTW I second the LP-160.. I love mine..
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GI told me they only offer 30 days warranty for non GI branded products. i asked them thinking I could order the 560 along with some V5's.

buying from hkyongnuophoto seller (the only official YN seller) will get you 1 year.
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