Brianskivvy
New Member
I agree with what most have said but IMHO, you can follow my mantra in photography shopping since I am just starting out too. "Buy the extra stuffs only after going out to take shots in many situations and then really suffering without it". ie, I wanted to buy a flash together with my camera long ago but since I didn't really have enough cash with me, I opted out. Til now, I don't really use an external flash because I noticed that my genre in photography is not those that really requires flash, like night photography and landscape photography. And so,now, when I want to buy an external flash, I already know for what purpose I need the flash for and thus, I would have more or less have gauged the max power of the flash that I require, and the basic functions that I want it to have, since it does not necessarily mean that the commonly used ones or the expensive ones that will suit my taste.
Buy it only after knowing that you will have a real need for that specific equipment and that you need it in your genre of photography.
Sorry if i confused anyone whilst trying to explain. I'm bad at expressing what I wanna say:sweat:
Glad to know that there is someone else with the same thinking as me. For me right now, I would want to focus on learning the different aspects of photography, better to save up these $$$ to invest in better lens instead