The last I checked, KEH was carrying them for $40-50. Perhaps all the business strobist has sent their way has driven up prices (A distinct possibility, they guy gets a fair bit of traffic and that's one of the two units he recommends for off-camera work, and he recommends buying from KEH).
I know I can still get them locally for $80-100CDN. -Ada, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I don't know where you're getting your pricing, Adam. I just hunted > Ebay and KEH and a couple other places. The SB-24s are running $99- > $200 used, compared to $80 NEW for the Sunpak 383. I've had this > Sunpak for four years and it's done a lot of duty for me. A previous > Sunpak 444 (I think it was...) I had, purchased in 1982, only died > when I dropped it off a 26' high ladder onto concrete in 2001. > > Not to say there's anything wrong with the Nikon SB-24, but I've no > complaints with the Sunpak 383. If all you want is a good, cheap, > solid flash unit, the Sunpak remains my pick. > > Metz also makes excellent flash units... now when will they come out > with a P-TTL SCA module? > > Godfrey > > > On Sep 22, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> I do mean used, but they are typically overbuilt in a Nikon way and >> you >> can still get them serviced (Except for the 24/25, but they're as >> common >> as dirt). I've not run into a 3rd party flash other than Metz which is >> built well enough to justify buying new over a used Nikon for off- >> camera >> work. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
