I just bought a Nissin Di622 flash unit. It costs half of the Canon 430EX, but does about the same, and one thing more; you can trigger it with the built in flash as a remote flash. This is a very nice feature if you don't want to buy a Canon 580EX an a 430EX to have this posibility.


And I think the Velbon Sherpa pro series tripods are also a good deal. These are very light carbon-fibre tripods at a reasonable price. But you have to look around to find a good dealer, the prices vary a lot between the dealers (at lest here in europe).