SB600 and what?

BenAtBedgebury · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject: SB600 and what?

Payday has finally come and have been thinking I might be able to spend it on something a little less boring than petrol. Having got a Nikon D60 I was considering getting the SB600 Sep flash gun.

What else is required to get this bad boy working (parts and price) and where am I best looking? Cheers.

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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1011

Er... all you need is some AA batteries. Provided that you're using it on camera. If you want to use it remotely then you'll need to use hotshoe based receivers.

As for where to get it from... well any decent online camera store would have them cheaper than your local camera shop. Google should help there.

BTW - it doesn't come with any gels or a diffuser but you can easily get them from eBay should the need arise.
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JAW · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject:

Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1011

Gadget infinity sell Cactus V2s which are pretty good these days. Not as reliable as pocket wizards (and short range) but you could buy about 20 of them for a single PW. You can't go wrong with a set for messing around with:

http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/pro...=16766&cat=0&bestseller=Y

EDIT: Looks like they've released a newer V4 model. Not heard any feedback from users yet but google may be your friend:

http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/pro...ductid=17204&cat=0&page=1

They also sell a plastic diffuser for the SB-600 which is useful for softening the light when shooting indoors. It now looks like they do a set of 3 diff colours for messing around with for only a few squid. Might have to order a set too:

http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/pro...ctid=17053&cat=273&page=1
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BenAtBedgebury · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject:

Helpful stuff. Thanks will have a look.

BenAtBedgebury · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject:

I presume gadget infinity would be the best place to buy from? What sort of time would the overseas shipping take from these guys?

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