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<p>Hi Ian, I had pretty much the same question as you recently. I hike a lot, so my decisions often come down to lightweight portability (and being a student, also $ unfortunately).</p>

<p>I decided to go with the R1 kit. Each SB-R200 including a battery inside (they each use a single CR-123A) weighs 135g. The 72mm adapter ring is 21g, the mounting ring is 66g, and the flash shield for the pop-up if you use it is 15g. The entire kit mounted on the camera comes in at 372g.</p>

<p>As well, everything is small and packs away neatly (as long as you don't use the giant suitcase that Nikon supplies with the kit!)</p>

<p>One SB 600 is 300g plus 4 x 23g AA batteries comes in at 392g.</p>

<p>I haven't had a chance to use the setup extensively yet, so I would not like to comment too much on that, but so far I have liked it, and found it simple and effective.</p>

<p>When considering the weight combined with the flexibility of lighting options, the R1 scores a lot of points.</p>

<p>I have no experience with the Metz 15 MS-1, but it looks pretty slick, and lighter than the R1 if used by itself. I'm guessing you would want to add another flash unit however to light the background unless you like it black.</p>

<p>Arnab mentioned he keeps the adapter ring for the Metz mounted on his lens. Unfortunately I cannot do that with R1 adapter ring (the cap doesn't fit with it on) and I sure wish I could. Having to screw an adapter ring on and off is a bit of a hassle.</p>

<p>He also mentioned possibly carrying the R1 kit mounted together (i.e. the flashes mounted on the mounting ring), but he is accurate in saying that it would be pretty fragile/cumbersome, and is probably not recommended.</p>

Thanks for the responses. Sorry E, if I missed all of the discussions about this, I did search for answers before posting, but obviously not well enough.

Courtney

Forgive me, if I just do not understand how photo.net works.

On the last two photos I submitted for critiques, they do not appear in the top

rated gallery when I look for where they should be based on the averages. It

seems they are just disappearing. I then hardly get any ratings or feedback on

my photos. Any ideas as to what might be going on?

Courtney