Nikon SB-800 AF Speedlight for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras - Old Version by Nikon
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Digital camera reviews of Nikon SB-800 AF Speedlight for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras - Old Version
Digital camera Review: Excellent piece of lighting gear
Summary: 5 Stars
This flash is amazing in its quality and performance. Creativity is just around your mind!Digital camera Review: Excellent speedlite! Works well with the D300!
Summary: 5 Stars
Very happy with my purchase.
Well built and works seamlessly with the D300.
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.
Digital camera Review: First impressions
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently upgraded to a Nikon D200 with the 18-200 Nikor zoom and purchased the SB800 flash to go along with the camera. As many people have stated in the D200 reviews its a great camera. What is amazing is how fantastic the flash complements the D200. I have only started to exploit the power of this flash but so far it is unbeatable. The camera, lens and flash all work together as a fantasic system. The exposure metering of the sytem is amazing. I have used it in full program mode and let the system do the thinking. The results were expectedly good. When I started pushing it more, for example putting the camera in full manual mode and letting the flash figure out how much extra light was needed it did not miss a beat. Similar amazing results were found with bounce flashes, diffused flashes, and even mulitple flashes per exposure to get a strobe effect. All had well balanced exposure.
There is a bit of a learning curve with the flash. For example, you have to learn what the different modes are, how they are represented on the LCD screen, and how to adjust them. Its not difficult but it does take a bit of time to become familiar with them.
All things considered, an amazing product that I am sure I will ejoy using for years to come.
Digital camera Review: First time external flash - oh my!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just bought my first SLR (D50) and my first external flash (SB-800 AF). I didn't know what to expect, but I was amazed! I could take the flash into a very dark (mostly candle lit) and large (40'x65') room and take a shot that looked like daylight. As far as the speed, its amazing - I can shoot off 12 shots in continuous mode on my camera and the flash will keep up (sometimes it will miss a shot or two - still trying to figure that one out). So far, I couldn't be more pleased!