Originally posted by Blue I don't think the DL supports wireless. Also, you are confusing TTL for P-TTL. TTL will work with manual lenses. However, only the *ist D, DS and DS2 support TTL. You will need a 3rd party system.
I get what p-ttl is, with the preflash and everything, but I thought TTL was automatic exposure- and how can that work when the camera doesn't know what aperture you're using (but then I guess it doesn't matter as you do stop down metering)? I know this will be easier to get to grips with when I actually have a flash unit to play with...
The strobist forum recommends nikon speedlights, so I was thinking 2 of those would do the job (sb 24's), I guess i'll have to get a wireless trigger too, if I can't trigger with the onboard flash?
basically i've got a week to buy all this gear, learn to use it and shoot the model- I don't have the time or the money to buy the wrong thing so if someone could point me in the right direction it would be massively beneficial