Nikon flash FAQ

http://www.nikon-fotografie.de/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79941&language=en

Pentax flash related pages

Flash with the Pentax dSLRs

Digital SLR and P-TTL flash guide

Pentax P-TTL Hot Shoe Flash Comparison

Amazing informative and detailed comparison and explanation of Pentax-compatible flash systems by Matthew Miller.

http://knol.google.com/k/pentax-p-ttl-hot-shoe-flash-comparison#

Choosing a better-but-still-cheap flash trigger system

After using the old and trusted Cactus V2s system for over 1.5 years, I got tired of the 10m range limitation.

The last drop happened when I was offered the cance to shoot a theather play from the stage facing the audience and the actors.
No way would I risk letting 60+ people and 6 actors see me failing to take a photo because of trigger issues.

Being an amateur,I can’t really justify Pocket Wizards, AlienBee’s Cybersyncs.Even RadioPoppers are a bit over the top .

So I did the research on which are the best and cheapest radio triggers in the market

RF-602 (by YongNuo)

This ended up being my choice .
They are from a Chinese company called YongNuo, with a mainly eBay presence.
http://stores.shop.ebay.es/hkyongnuophotoequipment
http://www.hkyongnuo.com

All reviews are very positive.
The 100m range,the 2.4GHz and the AAA battery made the choice easy. All other “cheap” alternatives were 10-30m in range.

Receiver: RF-602rx Transmitter: RF-602tx

100m range 2.4 GHz 15ch + All-channels

Model URL: http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detail.php?ID=209 Here is a good review of them http://scubajunkie-mymind.blogspot.com/2009/09/yongnuo-rf-602-review-couple-of-years.html

ebay.es : From HK	ebay.es : From Europe
1xRX: 15€ 1xTX + 1xRX: 27€ 1xTx + 2xRX: 46€ 1xTx + 3xRX: 53€ 1xTx + 4xRX: 66€	1xRX: 23€ 1xTX + 1xRX: 33€ 1xTx + 2xRX: 51€ 1xTx + 3xRX: 67€ 1xTx + 4xRX: 83€

Just for your convenience, I gathered the other options and grouped the info into a nice table for comparison:

	GI Cactus	GI Cactus	YN	YN	YN	YN	GI Cactus
	V2s	V4s	RF-602	CTR-301P	CTR-301	PT-04M + RF604\	RD616 (studio)
	link V2s	link v4		link CTR-301p			link RD616
Range	10m	30m	100m	30m / 10m??		30m
Ch	4	16	15+all	4		4	16
Freq	433MHz	433MHz	2.4GHz	433MHz		433MHz
Sync	??	1/500s	1/250s
Response	1/1000s	1/1000s
Flash V	< 12V	< 300V
Rx Batt	1xCR2 3V	2xAAA 1.5V	2xAAA 1.5V			2xAAA
Tx Batt	1xL1028/23A 12V	1xL1028/23A 12V	1xL1028/23A 12V			1xL1028/23A 12V

DIY SSD

http://www.addonics.com/support/faqs/faq-bootcf.asp
http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adidesd.asp
http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/adpexc.asp
http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adsahdcf.asp
http://www.addonics.com/products/pcmcia/default.asp

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?p=95827
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8466

http://www.ameri-rack.com/APA-2DH25m.htm
http://www.ameri-rack.com/APA-HD25B2m.htm

http://www.datafab.com/product/flash_card_adapter_express.asp
http://www.apiotek.com/Global/Product.htm
http://www.delkin.com/products/adapters/expresscard54/

Strobist Friendly Flashes

All flashes must be cheap, and must have power/output control.

• Nikon SB-20 (1/16) (tilt)(zoom)
• Nikon SB-24 (1/16)
• Nikon SB-25 (1/64)
• Nikon SB-26 (1/64)
• Nikon SB-28
• Nikon SB-600
• Nikon SB-800
  
• Vivitar 285HV (1/16)
• Vivitar 285 (1/16)
• Vivitar 283 (needs power control module VP-1)
• Vivitar 5200 (1/16)
  
• Sunpak 444D Thrystor (1/16) (horz/vert)
• Sunpak 433AF (1/16 only on Nikon models)
• Sunpak 433D Auto Thrystor (1/16) (horz/vert)
• Sunpak 422 Auto Thrystor (1/16) (horz/vert)
• Sunpak 411 Auto (1/32) (horz)
  
• Sunpak 383 Auto Super (1/16) (horz/vert)
• Sunpak 333 Auto Thrystor Zoom (1/16) (horz/vert)
• Sunpak 322D Auto (1/32) (horz/vert)
  
• Sunpak 38DX
• Sunpak 36DX Auto Thrystor (1/16) (horz/vert)
• Sunpak 30DX (1/16)
  
• Sunpak DX 8R Auto (1/16)
• Sunpak BZ 2600 (1/16)
  
• Sunpak 3000 Auto (1/32)
• Sunpak B3600D (same as 433D Auto)
• Sunpak PZ40X Power Zoom (1/16)
• Sunpak PZ4000AF (1/16 single step)
• Sunpak PZ5000AF (1/n, slave)
  
• Sunpak 622 Super Pro (1/128)
• Sunpak 611 Auto Thrystor (1/128)
• Sunpak 544 Auto (1/64)
• Sunpak 511 Auto (1/64)
• Sunpak 3600 Auto Zoom (1/64)
• Sunpak 3075G (1/16 single step)
• Minolta 4000AF (1/16)
• Minolta 320X (1/16)
  
• SRElectronics Deluxe 3000
  
• METZ 45 CT-4
  
• Quantaray PZ-1 DSZ (1/128, slave, zoom)
  
• Cobra Twin D550
• Topca 330 CX

The initial post that lead to this compilation: http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157603376652053/

An excelent reference for older flash capabilities: http://www.butkus.org/chinon/flashes_meters.htm

Low light flash photos

Nothing better than starting to blog about the site that started all of this: Strobist.
http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/ It has all you need to know to start taking amazing photos in low light with low cost gear.

People's photos using this techniques can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/pool/

Enjoy!