Spend my (limited) money

[Rob87]

Evening all
I am looking for some opinions of the experts or people with a little bit of an idea of what they are looking at

I am looking for some relatively cheap but robust filters and a flash that can be used both on and off my camera. I just like taking photos and experimenting. I do a lot of zoo's and National Trust / English Heritage sites if people need an idea of what I take photos of

Ive been on amazon and have found some polaroid filters and was wondering if they will suffice for my needs From the below I would only really use the CPL filter but would the extra lenses be useful for further down the line?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003UH5G...olid=5OV4T0BSBWP7&coliid=I3T5MRZ7AXLLMT&psc=1

The spend my money bit comes with the light. I want something that can both be used on and off the camera. I don't have a lot of money free but have around £80 of amazon vouchers to add to it so was looking at something like the below. I know its not expensive (allowing me to buy more stuff further down the line) but as a novice surely there can't be much difference other than the recharge time or being able to select the level of brightness of the flash?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LEAY...UTF8&colid=5OV4T0BSBWP7&coliid=I360VCM3YI1OMB

Alternatively, if someone else has any suggestions, please feel fee to voice their opinions to me.

thanks

 

[Nawty]

That flash is manual so you'd need to set the power level yourself - perfectly feasible but not ideal.

My personal view is if you buy cheap you'll buy twice - I'd stretch to a Metz flash that does TTL metering.

There is a current thread here about cheap CPL filters so have a look for that (by the way they are polarisers, not Polaroid).

 

[Rob87]

Sorry, I was on about the brand when i said Polaroid, I should have been clearer.

Ive been having a look at the Metz flash and they do look pretty good for the prices I have seen online. I may have to stretch my budget a wee bit more and save a bit first as I agree with the buy cheap buy twice sentiment.