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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 536163" data-attributes="member: 14443">I sold my last nikon flash on friday. my mint sb800 I got from my brother. im now with 6 asian flashes and 2 more on the way. why so many? cheap! $90 is a throw away flash if anything goes wrong.I shot a wedding yesterday and the first time I dont use a nikon flash. actually the last few months I havent used any nikon flash as an on camera flash for all of the weddings. and that when wonder was why do I need to hold such an expensive off camera flash in my bag. the reason is the flaws of the nikon flashes. the SB800 flash doesnt work at all with the 622n on camera. the SB900 overheats all the time. ive replaced the bulb on the flash twice already in the 5 years ive had it. and the SB700 is a good flash but its weak vs all my other flashes and it has no sync and ive had issues with it not firing on my 622n and I have to use an adapter to get a sync cable going to connect to the 622n and thats a waste of my time. I also had worries that selling them and then not having them should the asian flashes not deliver. Ive used 2 shanny SN600N flashes since around may last year and ive shot a lot of weddings since and it slammed to the floor 2 different times and keeps working well. the other point is that for a while now, I dont use any nikon flash ON camera. thats a big deal. all pros wont mind using any flash off camera but the majority (including me till I switched) feel on camera flash unit should be OEM because its more accurate which is not true at all. if I already use an asian flash as my main light for weddings that means im more than happy with its performance. my workflow is faster since they are all the same flashes and have the same power and recycle times.  I found the shanny SN600n because the nikon flashes were not delivering. the SB800 doesnt work on camera with the 622n at all. the SB700 isnt strong enough and the SB900 overheats and im tired of the repairs. so I did my research. I had the 568 and I had the 565. decent flashes but they lack good build and fast recycle. heard about a new company coming out with some new flashes through flashhavoc.com specs on paper looked nice but paper isnt real life. in a facebook group im in a strobist like me bought one and reviewed it. he said fantastic. so I bought one, just because its only $90 and I can use it as an off camera flash if it sucks as ttl on camera. ironic as I now shoot in manual mode in weddings completely. although ttl is excellent with the shanny. the problem is that ttl (no matter the brand/make) is not accurate enough. on the dance floor there are MANY lights and the ttl is fooled. people wear dark clothes and light clothes and the metering gets thrown off and doesnt get it right. with manual I get consistent results because I know the power level im at and know the distance I need to the subject. if there are more people and I need to go back, I just either up it or open the aperture a bit. easy peaseyI have to say that this is a new time were in when people have excellent gear thats at least on the same level as oem for much less money. in the film times, there werent excellent flashes as alternatives. there were the sunpak flashes, the metz and even sigma flashes. they all sucked and were not as OEM. the situation is different today. sigma and tamron lenses bring excellent gear. many outperforming nikon, grips selling for 1/5 the price and batteries as well. and the same with flashes. I dont see any reason to use a nikon flash so as of now im nikon flash free and very happy.</blockquote>

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