Nikon Speedlight SB-600

Mine just arrived. Just taking it out of the box, I'm already impressed. This thing is so solid compared to the one I had for my Minolta. Today, I'm planning on trying out a lot of the features (I'm one of those 'push every button' kind of gals) and will post the results. Maybe I'll get my fake head out of storage and play with that!

the biggest problem I've had with mine is the IR sensor is on the right side so if you put the flash on the right side of the camera in commander mode it won't "see" it. (you can point it backwards and turn the head around. (but you gotta remember)

My favorite is the flash to ceiling. And the first one (no flash?) scares me a little... Lol

Where exactly do you put the index card? I'm not really sure I understand the placement.

I actually was watching a training video last night and the photographer used that thin foam that they sell in craft stores (Its about the size of a piece of paper and comes in all different colors). And he had cut that to the right shape and attached it with velcro to his flash like that so he could remove it when he wanted to. I think I like the rubber band idea of attaching it instead though.

I was also wondering how much of a pain it would be to carry around a poster board size of white foamcore, and place that wherever I wanted to bounce the flash off of that...

I like to think cheap. 

** I use this ** but its really not much more than a fancy card with rubber band. (I can push it forward to act more like a softbox is the reason I like it)

No clue how well this works, but I came across a post at Lifehacker last week that linked to a printable bounce.

Link: http://lifehacker.com/5484617/print-a-free-and-effective-flash-bounce-card



And if that was in a different context, it would be one of the creepiest quotes I've ever heard. 

Hey Marian, wonder if anyone noticed the catch-light is painted on her eyes... [grin]

I actually painted my fake head's eyss gloss black so the real catch-lights would show.