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    Good all round flash for using on both Digital & Film camera's

    Hi,
    What would you suggest for a good all round Flash for the likes of a Nikon F4,Nikon F5,D200 and D60.Preferably something lighter than the SB600 and later.I have a SB400 for the digital camera's but it won't work on film.I'm also looking at a SB 27, I can get a new SB 27 for around $80 delivered.Also what about the non Nikon flashes.
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Thank you

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    probably the best flash's you could get for the what you want to do is the Metz line. Nikon flash's are good if you want the TTL auto stuff.

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    Is a Metz lighter than a sb-600 though ? Wouldn't have thought much was
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    no Metz are big, but the SB600 is a small flash really, and the SB400 is farily limited. I used to have the SB27 and it was a good flash.

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    I recently bought a marumi Canon dedicated D728AF , Fully automatic TTL 11 operation Zoom bounce and swivel head , Worked a treat for an indoor Wedding , $199, Another choice
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    Nikon speedlights are backward compatible.
    New model speedlights coming out from Nikon are able to be used on their older SLR's made up to almost 40 years ago.
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    Thanks everyone for your replies.At the moment I'm leaning towards the SB-27 for the price it's selling for and it will probably do what I want OK.I'm not a great lover of Flashes that stick straight up on the camera's hotshoe.The SB-27 might be a bit better balanced with the weight spread sideway's.

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    Huh, wouldn't you really want the capability of say a sb800 that yiu can use as commander etc

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