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<blockquote data-quote="Fish-eyed" data-source="post: 70747" data-attributes="member: 10203"><p>Getting ready to buy a flash for my d5100. Budget is probably going to keep me our of a Nikon speed light, so have been looking at the Yongnuo's. Now I need some advice from you experienced flash photographers out there. Maybe i'm over thinking this and there is no right/wrong decision.</p><p></p><p>I want a flash so I don't have to use the built in one and so that I increase my options when I take pics. I also have a young granddaughter and love the idea of being able to take quality portraits of her as she grows up. Looking online I can buy 1 565ex w ittl for about 150 or 2 560's for around $110. Prices are rough quotes but in the ballpark, I just don't have them written down with me. Reading various articles online there are different opinions on if ittl is important or not. I know my camera doesn't support commander mode so that's not an issue. I also know that I'm probably not ready for 2 flashes now but will probably want to move in that direction if I take this further. I just don't want to pay for the more featured flash if in the long run the 2 cheaper one's are a better fit for what I'll end up doing.</p><p></p><p>What are your thoughts? What path should I start on and why? Are there any other options or any other consequences of my decision ( other then it will just fuel the desire for me to buy more camera stuff.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fish-eyed, post: 70747, member: 10203"] Getting ready to buy a flash for my d5100. Budget is probably going to keep me our of a Nikon speed light, so have been looking at the Yongnuo's. Now I need some advice from you experienced flash photographers out there. Maybe i'm over thinking this and there is no right/wrong decision. I want a flash so I don't have to use the built in one and so that I increase my options when I take pics. I also have a young granddaughter and love the idea of being able to take quality portraits of her as she grows up. Looking online I can buy 1 565ex w ittl for about 150 or 2 560's for around $110. Prices are rough quotes but in the ballpark, I just don't have them written down with me. Reading various articles online there are different opinions on if ittl is important or not. I know my camera doesn't support commander mode so that's not an issue. I also know that I'm probably not ready for 2 flashes now but will probably want to move in that direction if I take this further. I just don't want to pay for the more featured flash if in the long run the 2 cheaper one's are a better fit for what I'll end up doing. What are your thoughts? What path should I start on and why? Are there any other options or any other consequences of my decision ( other then it will just fuel the desire for me to buy more camera stuff.) Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 [/QUOTE]
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