Flash Obtained

My mother recently asked me if she would be able to use my camera for a wedding she wants to shoot this weekend. Naturally, I said yes. Although, I cautioned her that my Canon Rebel XTI might not get the job done as well as she hopes. It's stock lens and lack of flash would make it quite difficult to shoot in any dark areas, which most wedding are. 

I told her that there are a few ways to take care of this. 

1. a lens that lets in more light that would be able to take better pictures in darker areas.

2. an external flash that attaches to the top of the camera to throw more light in the room or simply on the subjects being photographed. 

At first I was skeptical. "Mom," I said, "I don't know that you really want to spend all this money just for a wedding... Unless you're getting paid." So, after some discussion, she decided that she would rather go with a flash than a lens...

$150 - $400 SAVED

A new lens would have been nice but also the more expensive route. 

After some research, time spent on line and in National Camera Exchange, I found that National Camera Exchange had the best price on the Promaster 7500EDF Electronic Flash. 

I think she'll love it. As far as I can tell from playing with it for a while. I think it will be more than sufficient for the wedding...

but a lens wouldn't hurt.