Altura Photo Professional Flash Kit for NIKON DSLR - Includes: I-TTL Flash (AP-N1001), Wireless Flash Trigger Set and Accessories

The Flash unit is a really nice flash unit. But the Nikon D3400 does not have an accessory plug (shame on Nikon!). So the remote trigger will not work with the D3400. The transmitter does appear to work through the hot shoe for remote flash (non TTL as noted in other reviews). But, the remote shutter trigger does not work as it needs the accessory port...like on every SLR/DSLR that has ever been made...except the D3400...are you listening Nikon! So if you have the "new" D3400, and are looking for remote shutter trigger, buy the flash unit alone (not this kit) and spend the $10 you save on a ML-L3 IR remote to get remote shutter trigger capability. If you want remote flash this kit will work, but you will still need the IR remote for the remote shutter. And yes...I found this out the hard way..bought the kit and discovered the remote trigger does not work with the D3400:)

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This review breaks down into two sections. First the speed light. I am using full-fledged Nikon SLR and DSLR cameras. My inventory also includes two SB-800 speed lights. Recently I bought a Nikon D-3300 for my wife who is serious to also become an advanced amateur photographer. I wanted a good speed light for her without having to spend a ton of money. I was looking for something that has the most important features of the SB-800 class, especially iTTL functionality. This Altura speed light fills the ticket quite nicely. It is powerful, reliable and it does exactly what I expected it to do. Wonderful! It does not have all the advanced features of an SB-800 or the likes. For this price you can hardly expect that. I tested it extensively on several Nikon bodies. It works flawlessly within its capabilities. Most of all, you cant beat it for the money. If my wife accidentally drops it or breaks it, I will simply replace it. One drawback, however. it will not work in iTTL mode with the NIKON CLS (Creative Lighting System). Some of my Nikons have built-in speed lights that can function as a commander only. This Altura does not respond to this in iTTL mode either. In manual mode, it gets triggered pre-maturely by the commanders signal flash. I still recommended this Altura speed light if you cannot or do not want to spend the bucks for a real Nikon speed light, as long as you do not try to use it as a commander or off-camera slave. You can use it off-camera by using a hot shoe off-camera cable. One end goes on the cameras hot shoe, the other end provides the actual hot shoe. Its like an extension cable. The bottom of the hot shoe end can be mounted either on a speed light stand or a tripod of the appropriate size. The wireless trigger set is a different story. The flash trigger works only if a speed light is set in the manual function, no iTTL. This greatly limits its usefulness. It also does not work with all Nikon cameras. The shutter trigger function requires the use of an included cable which does not work with all Nikon cameras either, especially the older ones, such as the D-200. This trigger set uses radio frequency rather than infrared. A direct line-of-sight is not required. It also has a much greater range than infrared equipment. This trigger set may have uses for some, but not for me. The one I received did not work at all. It quit after a few uses. I got angry and threw it in the garbage can. I did inform the vendor of this. Lo and behold, They actually refunded the $29.- without me having to send it back. That speaks highly of this vendor.

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