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<blockquote data-quote="Nathan Lanni" data-source="post: 274001" data-attributes="member: 14629">Hey,I need your advice:My daughter's university graduation is in June this year. I plan to do stills and video with my d7100. My son graduated last year and the ceremony seating arrangements had me at the long end of a DX 55-300mm. I will also do some portraits and a few&nbsp; campus architecture shots here and there.This year I'm renting a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 and a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II so hopefully with my 1.5 crop factor that should cover my ranges pretty good.My other thought is even though my d7100 has a built-in flash maybe I should consider renting a flash and off-camera shoe cord as well. I already own a wireless remote.BTW since I have to spring for the rentals anyway, a 7-day rate is not that much more than a 3-day rate so the rates shown are for 7 day Nikon Speedlights.SB-600&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $20SB-700&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $33SB-800&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $36SB-910&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $49I have watched a few Youtube videos on setting up the flash but really the last time I used flash was in the 1980's with a 35mm film camera and a simple Sunpak flash, so this tek will be new to me. I'd like to try my hand at doing portraiture so I might try slaving the flash with some other lights to assist.Suggestions are welcome.Nate</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nathan Lanni, post: 274001, member: 14629"] Hey, I need your advice: My daughter's university graduation is in June this year. I plan to do stills and video with my d7100. My son graduated last year and the ceremony seating arrangements had me at the long end of a DX 55-300mm. I will also do some portraits and a few campus architecture shots here and there. This year I'm renting a [U]Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8[/U] and a [U]Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II[/U] so hopefully with my 1.5 crop factor that should cover my ranges pretty good. My other thought is even though my d7100 has a built-in flash maybe I should consider renting a flash and off-camera shoe cord as well. I already own a wireless remote. BTW since I have to spring for the rentals anyway, a 7-day rate is not that much more than a 3-day rate so the rates shown are for 7 day Nikon Speedlights. SB-600 $20 SB-700 $33 SB-800 $36 SB-910 $49 I have watched a few Youtube videos on setting up the flash but really the last time I used flash was in the 1980's with a 35mm film camera and a simple Sunpak flash, so this tek will be new to me. I'd like to try my hand at doing portraiture so I might try slaving the flash with some other lights to assist. Suggestions are welcome. Nate [/QUOTE]

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