Nikon SB-800 AF Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras by Nikon
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Digital camera reviews of Nikon SB-800 AF Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Digital camera Review: Best iTTL Flash
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought one, now have two with remote control. Very versital, a little bit of a learning curve to appreciate what you can accomplish.Digital camera Review: Easier to use than I expected
Summary: 5 Stars
SB800 flash, was a lot easier to use than I expected and has helped a lot in my work, I am allready thinking of getting another one to use a slave unit, mmmm maybe even moreDigital camera Review: Get this one!
Summary: 5 Stars
As many others have pointed out, just get this one! It is an investment for the future if you are serious about photography...Digital camera Review: Great flash..... but
Summary: 4 Stars
I won't repeat what many other reviews have already said, other than the flash is great... its ueber powerful...great built in features...slave capable...and yes, you probably want to read the manual if you are not familar with how to use a powerful flash on flesh tones. I use this flash typically with bounce when in doors. It creates some great natural-looking lighting when the real thing is not available.
HOWEVER, on more than one occasion I have used the 5th battery pack for faster recharge times during high usage events (think: awards banquet), only to find that after about 20 minutes my recharge time has slowed down anyways. I've then opened the battery compartment only to find that my Lithium Energizer batteries looked like they were about to explode from their contact ends! They were literally bubbled out. This has happened on more than one occasion using numerous different packs of batteries. So I have to assume that they weren't 'bad' batteries. Perhaps I received a faulty unit... but I figured it would be safer to send out a warning. Again, this has only happened when using the 5th battery pack...which is supposed to give the unit more voltage to allow it to recharge faster.
Digital camera Review: Expensive. Powerful. Impressive. Worth it.
Summary: 5 Stars
It's the most expensive speedlight Nikon makes. It's got a million and one options, a significant number of them fairly useful. Highly adjustable, from 1/1 to 1/128 in 1/3ev steps.
There's plenty of reviews that will give you all sorts of statistics and features, so I'll just comment on the user experience.
You can't get a better speedlight. It works amazingly well.
If you're wavering between this and the SB-600, ask yourself if you need a PC synch port or a few of the other high end options. If the answer is no, save your $ and get a SB-600. If you need something impressive, get this.
If you need a lot of light? Get some Alien Bees.