Nikon SLR Cameras

Is YN-460 II Flash Speedlight good for Nikon cameras?

PicNic
PicNic

I have a nikon D3000 and wondering if this cheap flash works decent things. Does anyone have experience or comments about it? Should I get it?

deep blue2
deep blue2

I have a YN460-II and its a great manual flash. You will not have TTL (auto flash metering) with it, but that can be unreliable in any case - better to learn to light manually.

Can be used on camera or better still match it with the RF602 radio triggers (about £18) and use it off camera. All you have to do is adjust the flash output in fractions of full power, eg 1/1 (full), 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 etc.

It can also be used as an off camera optical slave, set to trigger at any flash (S1 mode) or to ignore any TTL pre-flashes from a triggering flash (S2 mode).

I use mine with a D300 but it won't be any different with a D3000 (I've tested the flash & triggers with a D3100).