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Electronics : Nikon SB-800 Speedlight
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Nikon SB-800 Speedlight from: Nikon |
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Binding: Electronics Brand: Nikon EAN: 4960759024152 Label: Nikon Manufacturer: Nikon Model: 4801 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Nikon Release Date: February 07, 2008 Studio: Nikon Sales Rank: 3456 MPN: 4801 Features:
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 Rating:  - Fantastic!This Nikon SB-800 Speedlight was purchased to be used with a D300 D-SLR. Although not the most powerful flashgun available on the market it's however, powerful enough and extremely well built and it's manual is very comprehensive and I'm still digesting all of it's content. As with all of today's camera/flashgun manufacturers, whose products work effortlessly together, Nikon products are no exception. You get various auto modes such as I-TTL, AA etc. depending on your camera type, together with full manual mode when desired. It comes with a case, stand, soft light diffuser, gel kit and the extra battery attachment so a fifth battery can be use which reduces it's recharge time but strangely, no batteries. I'm ... Read More: Rating: - Nikon's Creative Lighting System is AMAZINGI've been a keen amateur photographer for 35 years and have always been uncomfortable using flash light. Until now. Flash often meant hit-and-miss results, poor exposure, ghost-like flesh tones, horrid colours, stark shadows, not to mention red-eye. But this changed when I started using a Speedlight SB-800 on my D200... consistent balanced exposure and great colour. But that's just the start of it. Using the D200 as controller of multiple Speedlights opens up a whole new world in photographic lighting. Admittedly the apparent complexity of using multiple Speedlights is, at first, rather daunting! Here Simon Stafford's Magic Lantern Guide "Nikon AF Speedlight Flash System" is helpful. I've added 2 SB-600s to my Speedlight system. I set each ... Read More: Rating:  - wonderful flash unit marred by its menu systemAnother reviewer has commented that the unit lost a star in its rating because it was not very intuitive to use. I agree absolutely. While my D200 operation is helped by a clear menu system the SB-800 menu is plain horrid; it is difficult to access quickly and the instruction manual is not a great help. However once you get it set up the remote operation is very very impressive. I assume that persons who buy this unit will want to use it in more ways than sitting on top of a camera in auto mode; in which case they will be willing to invest the time and practice needed to learnt how to quickly change between modes of operation - if they are then this is a good investment Rating: - Just a flash - until you go multi. Then it's amazingThe SB-800 is easily the coolest flashgun that you can put on your camera's hotshoe. But the amazing control of the Nikon creative lighting system only becomes apparent when you add a second or even third flash. A word of caution, though -- the best features only work on Nikon's most recent cameras. As a flash in itself, this is well-specified. The Guide Number is 38 at ISO 100 -- not far short of the GN45 of the classic (and enormous) Metz MecaBlitz flashes that were virtually compulsory on professional cameras in the 80s and 90s. It neatly compensates for digital's inability to do TTL flash metering with i-TTL, as well as providing useful features like Flash-Value lock and auto-high FP, for synchronising at any speed. Like its predecessors, ... Read More: Rating: - State of the art flash, ideal for multi-flash setupsThis is a top-notch flash that works superbly with the latest digital SLRs from Nikon. It's also compatible with a range of other cameras, but it's the dSLR integrated wireless control and metering that makes it worth the money. For sheer ability it's a 5*+ unit, but loses 1* because it could be more intuitive to use. The flash itself is powerful, compact and very efficient on the batteries. In the box you get a little stand to hold the flash off-camera, and a very useful soft-diffusion head to reduce harshness of shadows. You also get a clip to hold an additional battery that boosts recycle times if needed. Personally, I've found the recycle time to be excellent for general use. There's also a coloured filter to colour-balance the flash with tungsten ... Read More: |
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