Recommendations for a "less expensive" strobe

[f3nikon]

Hey Kim!
You can allways get one of those plastic bag thingies for your dslr. It's only around 250$ Forgot the manufacturer but you'll sure find it with a bit of googling

Seriously: u/w photography is such a marginal market that marginals are HUGE! There's not enough competition to cut down prices and as market is so small marginals need to be high so that manufacturers can bring some bread to their table. It's just plain and simple law of economics.Sure I'd like to get all those strobes and housings for half the price but then again why should manufacturers do them if it wasn't a business? If I was to make a product and I could sell it for 2 or 1 buck I don't think there'd be too many question which I'd choose.

This conversation has turned pretty ugly btw. Maybe we should get some virtual boxing gloves here

Actually when it was just Ikelite and Oceanic selling strobes the prices were not too bad. Then the competition showed up and started jacking up the prices for, in my opinion, is just snake oil features.

 

[_Bella_]

F3: what camera and strobe setup are you using uw now?

 

[shugar]

$20-$60 bucks for a strobe? i'm listening....

same here... post it boy!

Jag

 

[shugar]

F3: what camera and strobe setup are you using uw now?

might be this... it's got TTL

Jag

 

[shugar]

Oh come on... now we're going for the "cheap" shots?

why not? we're talking about CHEAP strobes anyway right?

Jag

 

[clgsamson]

why not? we're talking about CHEAP strobes anyway right?

Jag

you're smart, Jag....

 

[_Bella_]

might be this... it's got TTL

Jag

I wonder if the "it's the photographer, not the camera" still applies for this one?

 

[Jamdiver]

Oh stop...this is too funny, I can't take it

hehehehehehheheeee

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God bless SB...

 

[f3nikon]

Well lets see here the "A" team was not too successful in defending the prices of what I claim to be overpriced strobes so I guess its time for team “B”…the comedy relief…"Dolphy and Panchito" team!

 

[pakman]

Or the Nikon SB-800 strobe...will fire a preflash and control the flash output very well, it retails for $250 with a much more complex electronics than any $500 to $700 U/W on the market. You mean to tell me that the plastic U/W case will cost 250 to 450 dollars???

Sarcasm cannot silence the facts..

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&Q=&is=REG&O=productlist&sku=412195

to your last question... yes... but feel free to stop by your local Lowes/ Home Depot to make your $25 housing for the SB-800... heck while you're at it, why even buy the SB-800? The iTTL function would be a total waste, no? You could probably whip up a uber strobe at radio shack with your knowledge...