What flashes to use with D50 and Pocketwizard Plus

[nawrock]

I need to get some more flashes to use for off camera flash. Would I be able to use Nikon sb-28 or

sb-50's? I was also told about a sunpak and vivitar flashes that are inexpensive and good. Sb-600 and

300 are out of my price range. There are tons of sb-28 and 50 on ebay, would those be adequate?

Thanks!

[scottconners]

If you're using them with PW's, i.e. in full manual, you can use pretty much any flash you like. Just make sure it has enough adjustability.

[marshall]

Any manual-control flash with a PC-socket. Even without the PC socket, you can attach some kind of trigger to the hot shoe. Some folks really like the Vivitar 285.

[marshall]

Hm. The Vivitars are written up very well on a small-flash lighting blog that for some reason photo.net won't let me put in a post. I wonder why one can reference them?

[brandon.r.foster]

If you are going to go for one, I would go for the SB-28's. The 285HV's are clunky, and take some time to adjust in a pinch. However, they do produce a heck of a lot of light when they are on full power... I use mine only with my soft box. Marshall, would you be speaking of s t r o b i s t? I have had the same problem. Seriously though, on that very same blog the SB-28 is touted as better still.

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Hope that this helps,

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Brandon.

[davidlong]

SB-26's are also nice. The built-in optical slave is useful in various situations. I wonder what DH did to tick off the gods...

[brandon.r.foster]

I have no idea, but my first guess would have something to do with his outright statement, "You don't need no stinkin' Modeling Lights...". If not this, then I would think that his general scorn of studio lights in general would have something to do with it...