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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 312808" data-attributes="member: 14443">congrats on your new entry into photography. &quot;real&quot; flash? hahaha...what does that mean?well I guess I can vouch for flashes and quality.[ATTACH]91936[/ATTACH][ATTACH]91937[/ATTACH]&nbsp;I have the Sb700 2xSb800 and Sb900. Sb700 (nicely sized and exactly the same as an SB800) is very fast to recycle. Sb900/910 more powerful. I also have 2 yongnuo flashes. the flagship 568 (imo soon to be replaced) and the manual flash only 560III. for the regular person who doesnt need a really heavy duty workhorse flash, the 565/568 are great. the 565 does ttl/ttl-bl/m and the 568 does that as well as High speed sync. above xsync speeds. very strong and very fast to recycle. the metz is crap. decent build. crap navigation, SLOW to recycle.for me, I found out, I prefer the nikon. and Im a strong supporter for 3rd party grips/batteries/flashes/lenses. but for the pro, u need to buy the (overpriced) nikon flash. if you have the money, the Sb700 is great. personally, save it and invest in getting a normal zoom. like the nikon 17-55 2.8 (used today are very cheap!) or even the (yes, limiting, but amazing!!) sigma 18-35 1.8. I would even say, sell your nikon 35mm 1.8 because the sigma can do it better. no joke.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 312808, member: 14443"] congrats on your new entry into photography. "real" flash? hahaha...what does that mean? well I guess I can vouch for flashes and quality. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91936._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]91937._xfImport[/ATTACH] I have the Sb700 2xSb800 and Sb900. Sb700 (nicely sized and [B]exactly [/B]the same as an SB800) is very fast to recycle. Sb900/910 more powerful. I also have 2 yongnuo flashes. the flagship 568 (imo soon to be replaced) and the manual flash only 560III. for the regular person who doesnt need a really heavy duty workhorse flash, the 565/568 are great. the 565 does ttl/ttl-bl/m and the 568 does that as well as High speed sync. above xsync speeds. very strong and very fast to recycle. the metz is crap. decent build. crap navigation, SLOW to recycle. for me, I found out, I prefer the nikon. and Im a strong supporter for 3rd party grips/batteries/flashes/lenses. but for the pro, u need to buy the (overpriced) nikon flash. if you have the money, the Sb700 is great. personally, save it and invest in getting a normal zoom. like the nikon 17-55 2.8 (used today are very cheap!) or even the (yes, limiting, but amazing!!) sigma 18-35 1.8. I would even say, sell your nikon 35mm 1.8 because the sigma can do it better. no joke. [/QUOTE]

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