Nikon SB-910 Speedlight Unit

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While the carrying case has grown substantially in size, it now includes pockets for the diffuser and gel holder, the gels, and the stand, all of which are separate from the main flash compartment, thus things don't get all scratched up quite so fast. But I’d like to know, who is that “someone” who keeps putting guns to peoples’ heads and making them decide random stuff?

The Nikon SU-800 has easy-to-use physical buttons that allow you to control each flash group's output individually without having to touch the flash once the flash is set up and in the line of sight of the SU-800. The ability to shape the beam is actually more beneficial in actual shooting than a bit more power would be, in my opinion. The SB-700 is easier to carry, and really only differs in having slightly less maximum flash range, which I doubt anyone will ever notice unless you're a very hard shooter. The reason the power of the SB-910 is useful to everyone who doesn't need it is that the SB-910 packs a big enough power inverter to recharge from a full-power blast in just two seconds, so at normal or even relatively high power levels, the SB-910 will always be ready to fire with no waiting. The good news is Nikon's Camera Menu system remembers your last place so, at least it will take you back to the flash settings when pressing the menu button.

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. Faster recycling, better swivel, dedicated gel holder that impacts white balance correctly, the list of little things that were added or improved is quite long. Please note that the manual and the contact information therein are subject to change without notice. Also, in the SB-910, the sound control function in the slave mode is more conveniently implemented - you no longer need to go into the menu and turn the sound on or off (as is done in the SB-900), but just press one sound control button.

Curiously, even the foot that slides into the hot shoe seems to have gained some weight: it's just enough thicker that previous models that some accessories won't work on it. A thermal cutout feature keeps you from frying your head (and an indicator shows you how close you are to doing that ;~). Durability: Both the SB-5000 and SB 9/7 series are equally durable, I don't find the SB-5000 less "hardy" feeling, granted I would not want to drop any speed light from any distance, as the survivability of a drop is not likely for either flash. Now, all I gotta do is NOT spin my flash head around and around too many times, …and preto, I can bounce in any rear-facing direction with INCREDIBLE ease!Do a two-button reset of the flash - simultaneously press the two green-dotted buttons for two seconds or more. So if someone put a gun to my head and made me decide between the 900 and the 910, I’d pick the 910. When working with Nikon SB-900 with the overheating mode on, the flash after a series of firing simply goes into cooling mode, the overheating image appears on the display. To spoil the ending:Nope, for what I do (wedding photography, and general “strobist” (low-budget wireless flash) …I just don’t think the SB910 is a good investment.

In my experience the old Auto Aperture mode is more consistent and reliable than i-TTL - direct, bounced, diffused, whatever. I had a question about using a combo of an existing flash SB600 and a SB5000 with a third party Flashpoint: if you also require the WR10 to trigger the SB5000.There is almost nothing under the sun that could go wrong with a flash that doesn’t void your warranty. seconds was nearly met in my testing, and I was getting almost exactly a 100% speed boost when I moved those batteries from the SB-800 to the SB-900. So, this is why many experienced photographers just assume that the SB910 is the only professional choice. I actually tried this with some nearly dead batteries--which usually represent the worst case for recycling--and was surprised to still see a major difference between my SB-800 and SB-900.

In actual automatic use, you'll get thousands of flashes depending on your distance, since less power is used for each pop. If you are into freeze-frame the SB-910 has a faster flash duration at the far end of the scale of 1/38,500 (might not make all that much difference). The SB-910 flash is heavy - 410 grams, such a flash will be rather inconvenient to use on a younger line of cameras, such as Nikon D40, D40x, D60, D50, D3000, D3100, D5000, D5100 etc.Distance-priority manual flash: you tell the SB-910 the distance (it reads ISO and aperture from your camera), and it calculates and sets the manual power level to use before you shoot. Easy enough to understand, though still a bit clunky (the SB-800's settings are much more clunky in this respect, so Nikon made progress here). Nikon retain ownership of the Manual and all copies thereof and all related intellectual property rights, and reserves all rights not expressly granted to you under this Agreement. For example, in Nikon SB-900 In the kit came a cover that is comfortable to wear on the belt, and when the flash is not used on the camera, quickly put the flash in the holster case. In all practicality, the SB-910 runs a long time and recycles immediately as it's actually used in its automatic modes.