@wgeoghegan wrote:
Good comment. I am perhaps a slightly advanced amateur photographer.
Canon did not recommend any flash on their pages for the EOS 6D.
I do not have much experience with flash photography and was a little awed by the technical descriptions of what I was reading. So, I thought I might learn from the forum. The good thing is that I have learned and will return for more help in the future.
Thanks.
I would start small, a single flash or two, and spend some time reading the Strobist blog; a TON of information on there. Shoot, and shoot some more, and you'll learn what works for you, what doesn't, what you need and what you don't.
As said above, there is no best flash for all people and needs. The 600ex-RT is an impressive flash, but unless you have at least 3 (or 2 and a transmitter) it doesn't do much that other flashes can't. And you can get pretty much all the same function going the third party route. Despite Yongnuo's tainted name online, the majority of the people that dismiss the brand have never even owned one, much less had one fail on them. I have 3, and use them, with my Yongnuo triggers, with my Canon flashes all the time. I probably shoot off-camera flash 95% of the time, and I've never had a single issue with any of my setup. "best" is a relative term, and for some people cost weighs heavily into that equation. Some also prefer the flexibility that third party options offer, not being pigeon holed into only using 600ex-RT to sustain your network. I could even nitpick and point out that third party flashes allow second curtain sync, something the might 600ex-RT can't do off-camera. Not saying it isn't a great flash, but simplifying things into "best" and "less than best" overlooks the details, and sometimes it's the details that mater.
