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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 648618" data-attributes="member: 13090">I too appreciate I could purchase three or four Yongnuo flashes for the same price as my Nikon SB-700 and that they work just as well if not better than the Nikons. The real reason I reach for them before I do my Nikon speedlights, though, is because the Yongnuos are just a pleasure to work with in small ways, but ways that still matter. For example I find the Yongnuo interface easier to read and easier to work with. When I need to stop everything so I can tweak a setting in the middle of a portrait session, I appreciate the bigger, brighter display on the Yongnuo. The SB-700 has a decent display, but the Yongnuo's display is BETTER. The buttons on the Yongnuo are bigger and more spaced out making them easier to work with. My SB-700 requires me to press a release on the side of the head to adjust the tilt and swivel; the Yongnuo I just grab and abuse. On paper these small details probably don't sound like they're worth mentioning, but when there's two flashes I can choose from it's these small details that sway my decision. Once I got used to these minor design differences, using the Nikon units became even more annoying and the whole thing turned into a self-perpetuating death spiral for the Nikon flashes in general. Then I realized those Nikon flashes now gathering dust in my bag would fetch a decent price on eBay. Selling off even one Nikon speedlight could pay for two more brand-new Yongnuo flashes and triggers...</blockquote>

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