mervyn_wilmington Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 <p>The time has come when I must dispose of some 'old' Nikon equipment. I have these three guns. I think that two should go. Which should I retain?</p> <p>I have some vague recollection that either the 25 or 26 is more useable in some respects than the 28, perhaps as a slave?</p> <p>Advice would be much appreciated.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 <p>The SB-26 is the only one that has a built-in slave sensor Mervyn. Otherwise the specs of all three are very similar WRT light output and facilities.</p> <p>If you're not into strobist use of speedlights, then I'd personally "vote off" the SB-25 and 28. OTOH, if you use multiple flash at all, then why not get a cheap set of radio triggers and make them all fully useable again? In Manual or AA mode only of course. Shame that the FP mode isn't accessible to modern DSLRs, since there's no good reason it shouldn't be.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_4754088 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 <p>I've had an SB-28 since they first came out and used it with an N90s, FM2n, F4s, F3HP, F2, Canon F1, Canon New F1, Leica M6TTL, etc. Every time I think about getting rid of it, I find another camera that it works well on (mostly in Auto).</p> <p>Big fan of that flash.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two23 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 <p>I have eight SB-25, mainly because they are cheap and have held up well for me in my outdoor night shooting. I have a couple of SB-28 too, main advantage to them is they are small.</p> <p>Kent in SD</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 <p>To the OP, it helps if we know which cameras use and what other flashes you also have, etc. Those old flashes are useful mainly if you are still using Nikon film SLRs. And even though you still shoot film, if you have an SB-800 or two (or SB-600, SB-80DX ..) that can still work with film SLRs, keeping the old film flashes may become a low priority.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn_wilmington Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 <p>Thank you for the help and advice.</p> <p>I am not a 'strobist'. I mainly use a D700 and D300. I have an SB800. I am aware this will work with film cameras.</p> <p>I 'keep' an F4 and F90x. I doubt whether they will be used again, but you never know!</p> <p>My temptation now is to keep the 26.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_stig Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 <p>Keep all. Great for portrait studio work. Get some cheap 603ii slaves and a 50x70 brolly softbox from ebay and u got an excellent setup for rim lighting kicker main and fill. Got pissed when my 28 stopped working. Did ao many weddings with it. Great for off camera fill for the dance floor</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn_wilmington Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 <p>I'm sure it is Robert, but I don't do studio work. Moreover, the house is full of photographic stuff accumulated over 40 years or more. To make things worse, I've just been naughty and bought a Fuji X-E2 with the 18-55mm lens. I now wish to sell a few things to buy a couple more good lenses for it! I've sort of vowed that I won't buy more without moving some existing stuff out.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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