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

These are the best flashes I own. I am a professional photographer. I have Nikon brand flashes that each cost me what 6 of these flashes would cost. These blow my Nikon flashes out of the water. The are just as well built, have built-in bounce cards, their lowest setting is a full power setting lower than my Nikon flashes (lower power settings means greater flexibility and faster pulse and recycle times), and their interface is much easier and faster to use than the Nikon one. Switching between TTL, Wireless, and Manual is only a button press away. Their construction is also as good as or better than my Nikon flashes. I managed to drop one on these on its head one day and it still fires perfectly. I love these flashes and cant recommend them strongly enough.

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We purchased this as a last-minute Christmas gift for our son, who recently upgraded to a Nikon DSLR 5300 camera. Although this flash comes with a custom diffuser, we also purchased the diffuser suggested. Our son is very happy. This flash has perfect timing with his Nikon camera, and slave timing (it will also go off at exactly the right time when not attached to the camera, for varieties of lighting possibilities). He likes to have the option of using the custom diffuser ALONG with the separate cloth diffuser that we purchased, when he wants soft lighting. This flash comes in a wonderful case, so all the parts stay together. He loves it, and is busy trying a variety of set-ups. The price was right. I will also review the separate diffuser that we purchased. Thank you for reliable shipping!

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great for budget lighting and simple to use once you learn. I used to be an all natural light photographer but Ive been branching out as that has some limits. I was ignorant and under the impression that flash creates an unnatural and super bright look but after some learning and playing with lighting angles/ placement, I realized you can create very different types of lighting even natural looking with some practice. For such an inexpensive price, this light packs a good punch and even when only using one it can give you the results you want especially as an intermediate or beginner photographer. Its even more of an investment with gels for this flash for more color options/color corrections, selens sells really good ones that fit this perfectly ( just tie a hairtie on the gel/ top of flash to keep it to stay). I love the diffusers this speedlight comes with, but it doesnt hurt to try other brands and styles as well! The only complaint ill say is the stand for the flash is cheap plastic and not durable, not stable at all and unless on a flat surface or tripod. other than that, great product.

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quick shipment. works perfect with my Nikon D3100. It connects directly to the camera boot. Its quite heavy (uses 4 AA batteries) and adds a lot of top weight to the camera (about 8" tall). The flash can be operated remotely from the D3100 if you purchase a separate plugin device that plugs into the camera so it can talk to this flash unit. Many cameras have the "transmitter" built into the camera, but not the D3100. If you have the remote transmitter, you can set this flash unit in the center of the room and operate the camera without having the heavy flash mounted to the camera. I purchased to take photos at a wedding. It was perfect. I got used to the heaviness did fine with it. The brightness of the flash is adjustable by: 1) bouncing the flash off the wall/ceiling 2) electronic control over the length of time the flash "burns" 3) flash aperture. This flash unit has an aperture that hides/exposes the reflectors in the flash cavity. It was very easy to adjust the aperture to "washout" the photo with light or under expose the image. In other words, this aperture is very effective, and useful. I used the flash indoors with great results and later outside with great results from up to 40 feet away. I didnt purchase this, but heres the remote flash "driver" you might want to trigger the flash remotely: $27.00 http://www.amazon.com/fitTek-Multi-Channel-Wireless-Trigger-Shutter/dp/B00Q7W08RA/ref=sr_1_7?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1453409926&sr=1-7&keywords=D3100+remote+flash See attached photo. Outdoors. I was about 30 from the subject with a zoom lens. It was getting dark, the street lights were coming on. I had to adjust down the brightness of this photo to keep from washing out the subject. Plenty of light for many applications. Very pleased with the performance and especially the price of this unit. I recommend this unit and would purchase it again.

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Having owned multiple Nikon SB flash units, I didnt expect much from this Altura at 1/3rd the cost. I was pleasantly surprised! The Altura performs admirably, charges quickly, and doesnt burn through batteries any more quickly than my Nikon SB800. Yes, the interface is not as smooth, but for a flash that you throw on a backup camera, its performed like a champ. I find it to be a little light on the guide range, but otherwise I have no complaints. Build quality is decent (if not quite up to Nikon standards) and it has held up well after six months of usage. For the price, you cant go wrong.

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