Originally posted by bob_00 ....already invested way more money than I ever imagined I would when I wandered into a camera store a couple years ago....
Hahaha.....
Don't we all have to cross that bridge.
When I bought my first DSLR, I'd never imagined I'd spend $1000 for a lens. Now look at my list of equipment....
Another way to do this is to use an external flash unit, ideally one with a wide range of power ratio settings in manual mode and use it on camera to trigger optically triggered slave flashes. If you want a small flash unit, you can get something like a Pentax AF160: