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I have been using the Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 1:1
with a Nikon 300s. This has given some good results and not to expensive well worth a look.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tamronsp90/
The only way I have found to do this is trigger the speedlights with a radio trigger with the speed lights set to manual but this will need two triggers or a link of some kind. This should then trigger the monolight. Using the commander mode on the …