Third Party Flash....

Personally, I would never buy a flash made by the big companies like Nikon and Canon. I currently have a Yongnuo for my Nikon D7000 and it is excellent. I have a friend with a Metz flash and that is excellent. I have another who has the Nikon Speedlight SB600 and that too is excellent. He spent a lot of money for little benefit over the others.

I am shortly adding the Mieke 910, which is a clone of the Nikon SB 900 to my set at a fraction of the cost....