After a week of reading through Joe McNally's excellent new book, "The Hot Shoe Diaries", I was convinced that I needed to take my SB800 off camera... and fast! Given that my D40X does not have any built-in commander function, the only ways to do that were:
- Buy another SB800 (if it's even still available anywhere)
- Buy an SB900 (a huge leap from the 480 I spent on my SB800)
- Buy an SU800 (highly recommended by Joe McNally)
- Buy an el cheapo ebay remote flash trigger (that means manual control all the way)
So in the end, I narrowed down to getting an SU800 and posted on the Clubsnap forum. I'd given up hope of finding a seller until someone texted me the other day, and the deal was sealed after some haggling and some further hesitation on my part. Agreed price: 400SGD. Sounds reasonable enough to me... though I was hoping for even lower.
When I get it from the seller tomorrow, it marks another milestone in my photographic journey, I think. I can finally use my SB800 as it was intented to be used, and hopefully some good things can come out of that.
When I get it from the seller tomorrow, it marks another milestone in my photographic journey, I think. I can finally use my SB800 as it was intented to be used, and hopefully some good things can come out of that.
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