Flash for Nikon D-70

Dose any one know of any alternate flashguns to the Nikon SB-600 Speedlight that will work with the Nikon D-70?
After many years using conventional SLR's I've recently purchased a D-70 and while I'm more than pleased with its general performance I do feel that relying on the in-bulit flash is very limiting particularly when photographing large items such as aircraft compontents indoors.
I do not need to use a flasgun on a regular basis and therefore I cannot justify the high cost of the Nikon unit, perhaps someone can advise me on a cheaper alternative.

Any help would be appreciated.

Renoair

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Originally Posted by Renoair

Dose any one know of any alternate flashguns to the Nikon SB-600 Speedlight that will work with the Nikon D-70?
After many years using conventional SLR's I've recently purchased a D-70 and while I'm more than pleased with its general performance I do feel that relying on the in-bulit flash is very limiting particularly when photographing large items such as aircraft compontents indoors.
I do not need to use a flasgun on a regular basis and therefore I cannot justify the high cost of the Nikon unit, perhaps someone can advise me on a cheaper alternative.

Any help would be appreciated.

Renoair

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French magazine "Le Photographe" has a long test on "compatible" flashguns for the 20D, D2H and D70 this month. They test the SB800, SB600, Sigma 500T, Sigma 500 Super, Metz 54MZ-4i and Metz 54AF-1 (plus the Canon 580EX).

To sum up briefly - the "compatible" flashes do less well than the Nikon flashes, particularly with the D2H. The results with the Sigma flashes are better than with Metz.

Charles

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Originally Posted by Renoair

Dose any one know of any alternate flashguns to the Nikon SB-600 Speedlight that will work with the Nikon D-70?
After many years using conventional SLR's I've recently purchased a D-70 and while I'm more than pleased with its general performance I do feel that relying on the in-bulit flash is very limiting particularly when photographing large items such as aircraft compontents indoors.
I do not need to use a flasgun on a regular basis and therefore I cannot justify the high cost of the Nikon unit, perhaps someone can advise me on a cheaper alternative.

Any help would be appreciated.

Renoair

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Thanks for the information after a bit more research and talking over the issue with my local camera store I've 'Bit the bullet' and purchased the Nikon SB-600 and to be fair the initial results are excellant.

Regards.

Renoair

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Originally Posted by Renoair

Thanks for the information after a bit more research and talking over the issue with my local camera store I've 'Bit the bullet' and purchased the Nikon SB-600 and to be fair the initial results are excellant.

Regards.

Renoair

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Unfortunately this seems to be the best approach. The magazine article says that the "compatible" suppliers don't have inside information on how the new flash protocols work - they have to figure it out for themselves. And in the case of Nikon, the i-TTL protocol seems to have evolved between the D2H and the D70 - and might even evolve again for the D2X. Your best chance of having a flashgun that works perfectly is to take one from the camera manufacturer.

Charles

I think it's probably a good idea to get an SB-600. The built-in flash actually died on me one fine day, and i was stuck shooting with NO flash at all.