Among these improvements are smoother operation, greater illumination precision, and the adoption of hard color filters. The flash has special connectors for external power supply and control via a cable - for studio and serious professional photography - these are very important details. at ISO 100, 35mm zoom head position, in FX format, standard illumination pattern, 20°C/68°F) to 48 m/157.

You have to shoot with the different settings to understand just how much we've needed more light modification from flash. And here’s another thing that is important for some photographers- it is also much smaller and lighter! What is the *current* best way or wireless radio trigger that's affordable to use this bad boy with? The failure of any party to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, or the exercise of any option, right or remedy contained herein, shall not be construed as a waiver of any future application of such term, provision, option, right or remedy, and such term, provision, option, right or remedy shall continue and remain in full force and effect.If your Nikon camera supports Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) then the SB-5000 will work fine.

My rule of thumb is, if you NEED to pop your flash that much, (wedding receptions) …then maybe it’s time to set up a couple extra off-camera flashes, ehh? MPB Europe Ltd acts as a broker and offers credit solely from PayPal Credit, a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. I must clarify with that I did not use these for a paid professional job and that I attempted to use these flashes on a shoot for some friends of mine whilst photographing their 2yr old son. We still have the flip lock lever to secure the flash in the hot shoe, and the small diffuser and white reflector still pull out from the top of the head the same way. I don’t need a complete re-design of the flash head swivel like Sony, although Sony’s is BRILLIANT, but at the very least I’d like a rear-oriented swiveling flash head.

The D500 brings the camera closer in line with the newer SB-5000 speedlights using RF vs Optical legacy.

HSS works surprisingly well and naturally there is a power loss when entering the faster shutter speeds, however it works very well for my property photography work. But what I can tell you for sure is that it is a nuisance having to change batteries more or less daily. When Nikon piles on the features, they sure aren't Apple when it comes to designing it well enough so that anyone can hope to figure it out. Fast, versatile and powerful, the SB-910 offers extensive opportunities for on-camera or wireless flash photography. Considering that 10mm for DX and 14mm for FX is a kind of wide-angle chapel for Nikon lenses, you shouldn't want more.

This is a half-stop less than advertised, which ia actually quite impressive, as all previous Japanese flashes have measured a full stop less than advertised, so the SB-910 actually has a half-stop more power than I expected. These Download Terms and Conditions ("Agreement") constitute a legal agreement between you (either an individual or single entity) and Nikon Corporation or its associated company ("Nikon") setting forth the terms and conditions governing your download of the operation manual for our products (“Manual”).

Flash head style is something I want to play with a lot, but if the flash is in standby, for instance, I have to push one button, hold a second one, press that button again, use the control wheel, then press the button one last time to make a change. Even if the flash is in my hand with direct line of sight to the flashes sensor on the Meike MK-910 iTTL it sometimes does not fire.Impressive about the SB-910 are its prodigious power output and super-fast recycling: 2 seconds at full power as actually measured with Sanyo eneloop cells taken right out of the package as delivered (not charged by me). No, they don't support AA mode, and that's a pity, but as fully manual and RF triggerable speedlights they're in many ways superior to Nikon's unreliable optical triggering CLS models. They are working good for me and at this time I do not see any need to upgrade to the new flash units, or some other third party brand, unless there was some feature I could not live without.