Hey everyone, first post here, but it looks like a good, helpful board.

Anyway, I recently got a used speedlight sb-24 to use as a shoe mounted flash on my Nikon D50 DSLR. Anyway, the flash itself seems to be working fine, but it doesnt seem like it is communicating with the camera all that well - i find myself having to adjust settings on the flash to avoid absolute over/underexposure. Now I know that the sb-24 is an older model, but should it communicate better with the camera when on automatic settings? or will i just have to adjust settings by hand in order to get the right exposure with the flash? Also, seeing as i got it used, it didn't come with a user manual, so any insight/advice would be welcome.

thanks.