Altaf Shaikh said: > You may want to consider the Vivitar 285s since you are shooting animals > you probably wont need ttl if you are far enough away you will just be > firing at max power. I think they are under 80 dollars each so you can > always replace them. They are pretty hard to destroy and have none of > the fancy stuff. Not sure what your guide number requirements are so > it's a bit harder to pick a flash for you. The vivitar will run try > before it shuts off so no problem there :) You can also chain it to a > portable battery pack like the turbo z if you plan on firing a lot.
Well, not *just* animals. I want a flash for general use. I have some used manual flashes now, including one with a three position manual zoom head made by, of all companies, K-Mart. And I've had it up to here [insert proper gesture] with estimating distances and calculating apertures because I'm pushing it past the thyristor specs. TTL metering is possibly the greatest thing that's happened to flash photography since the switching power supply, and I want a peice of that action. I just wish they didn't all have to turn off on me.
