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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 367262" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Would not need two for brightness in almost any reasonable situation. Maybe two for better lighting, for main and fill concepts. If two, you would want to add umbrellas and stands, etc (another $135 US). And your commander could be very handy for multiple TTL lights.</p><p></p><p>But one hot shoe flash works great, esp as bounce or off camera. Flash is an exciting and big world, there is so much we can do. </p><p></p><p>I use one speedlight in one umbrella quite often, for routine snapshots around the house. Like to email to show a friend about something new, or about some problem I'm trying to fix, etc. So easy to do, and it makes a big difference in the picture.</p><p></p><p>Here is one, an email discussion to a friend about air nozzles for an air compressor. Quick snapshot, using one speedlight in a white reflected umbrella.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.scantips.com/g2/dsd_1797.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>For example,</p><p>The $99 US (at Amazon) Yongnuo YN565EX does TTL, and at 24mm zoom, would be two stops brighter (4x) than the R1C1 pair.</p><p></p><p>At 50mm zoom, it is 3+ stops brighter (about 10x).</p><p></p><p>And I have not seen one, but the Neewer VK750 II has caught my eye. Essentially the same, power and fully featured (except it cannot be a Remote flash for the Nikon Commander - the YN565EX can), for only $55 US, and it is getting excellent user reviews on Amazon. Sure seems worth a gamble. Not a big gamble, as the $50 Neewer manual speedlights are almost legend, literally many hundreds of positive reviews on Amazon. Much online talk too, rave reviews. And the camera does the TTL work.</p><p></p><p>Except maybe arguably for macro, either of those should run circles around the $720 R1C1. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Just saying, there surely are vastly more people using speedlights for macro than are using R1C1. They work fine too, but you do have to do a bit extra about mounting and diffusing them.</p><p></p><p>And of course the $320 SB-700 does it all too, with slightly less power - about 1.4 stops more power than the R1C1 pair (at 24mm zoom - greater difference if zoomed longer).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 367262, member: 12496"] Would not need two for brightness in almost any reasonable situation. Maybe two for better lighting, for main and fill concepts. If two, you would want to add umbrellas and stands, etc (another $135 US). And your commander could be very handy for multiple TTL lights. But one hot shoe flash works great, esp as bounce or off camera. Flash is an exciting and big world, there is so much we can do. I use one speedlight in one umbrella quite often, for routine snapshots around the house. Like to email to show a friend about something new, or about some problem I'm trying to fix, etc. So easy to do, and it makes a big difference in the picture. Here is one, an email discussion to a friend about air nozzles for an air compressor. Quick snapshot, using one speedlight in a white reflected umbrella. [IMG]http://www.scantips.com/g2/dsd_1797.jpg[/IMG] For example, The $99 US (at Amazon) Yongnuo YN565EX does TTL, and at 24mm zoom, would be two stops brighter (4x) than the R1C1 pair. At 50mm zoom, it is 3+ stops brighter (about 10x). And I have not seen one, but the Neewer VK750 II has caught my eye. Essentially the same, power and fully featured (except it cannot be a Remote flash for the Nikon Commander - the YN565EX can), for only $55 US, and it is getting excellent user reviews on Amazon. Sure seems worth a gamble. Not a big gamble, as the $50 Neewer manual speedlights are almost legend, literally many hundreds of positive reviews on Amazon. Much online talk too, rave reviews. And the camera does the TTL work. Except maybe arguably for macro, either of those should run circles around the $720 R1C1. :) Just saying, there surely are vastly more people using speedlights for macro than are using R1C1. They work fine too, but you do have to do a bit extra about mounting and diffusing them. And of course the $320 SB-700 does it all too, with slightly less power - about 1.4 stops more power than the R1C1 pair (at 24mm zoom - greater difference if zoomed longer). [/QUOTE]
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