External flash for Nikon D80 camera?

I'm looking for a good flash for my camera that does not cost a lot but is not made cheap either. I have a Nikon D80 camera. Any ideas would be great!

Probably the best at this time is the new SB700.

http://www.nikonusa.com/...light.html

Since you will only be buying one flash that will last over decades, save your money and buy a good one.

Your Nikon D80 has the ability to control Nikon compatible speedlights wirelessly (off camera) using the camera flash as a trigger. Compatible speedlights are (low price to high) the SB600 (£220), SB800 (discontinued, but you might get one secondhand) or SB900 (£320) and the new SB700.

These will allow you to do TTL (ie auto flash metered via the camera lens) both on or off camera.

They are expensive solutions though.

A better (and cheaper) way is to forget TTL and learn how to control a flash manually (it's not difficult). You'll have far more flash choices that way.

A good manually adjustable flash like the Yongnuo 560 (£60) can be used on camera (you adjust the flash power output manually - it goes from 1/1 to 1/128 power) an you can get a set of radio triggers (RF602) which will fire the flash off camera for £27.

On camera flash, even a speedlight will limit your creativity as it'll be an on axis light source. You'll be able to bounce it off (neutral) walls/ceilings) but much better to get it off camera to give you far more options.

Have a look at the Strobist blog - great resource for off camera flash;
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

The sb-600 I'd say. Yes, the 700 is a lot nicer but, most likely, more expensive still. 400 doesn't rotate which makes it, in my opinion, rather useless in my opinion.