Wireless flash slave recommendations

[dan_wolfgang]

I'm looking for some small flashes to supplement my Nikon SB-28. I

like the looks of Quantaray's MS-1 (<A

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primarily because it's small, wireless, and cheap. I don't want to

buy studio lighting for those reasons--small/portable and cheap are

important.

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These would serve as general purpose fill. Likely used for macro,

general area fill, and creative experimentation.

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Can anybody recommend any other good alternatives?

[barmijo]

Provided your camera and main flash don't use pre-flash for calculating exposure the unit you're looking at should work. I'm not a Nikon user, but Canon's higher-end gear would trigger these before the shutter ever opened.

 

I've seen a couple similar unit advertised that you can program with the number of pre-flashes used by your camera but haven't tried them.

[jim_gifford]

SB-30?

[kasigi]

1) SB-28's do use preflash to meter.

 

2) I don't know if teh SB-28 pre-flashes will trigger the slaves on the quantaray unit. Take a look a some of Nikon's newer small flashes. Many have interesting abilities (including TTL wireless flash when paired with the right main flash).

[dan_wolfgang]

Thanks for the responses. Nikon's SB-30 looks interesting, and that may be what I decide to get.