Agreed re 580EXII being overkill though I find the way to go for anything on camera where you want the ETTL (camera does the thinking) which the Rebel has.


In terms of strobism for the price of that flash you could probably get two Vivitar 285HV (or the china copy KF36 which I have) and the rest of the stands/adaptors/umbrellas/gels/triggers listed above. Its the way to go to start out


I am assuming Sean will weigh in at some point []


If you havent already seen the posts search for "Interested in Strobism". Its like an encyclopedia