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

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I just received this today. Its an awesome flash, great features, amazing output.. but the POWER (on/off) button isnt working properly. I am completely unable to toggle it using my finger and/or fingernail. I have to resort to pointy instruments, like the tip of a key or a knife, in order to be able to depress it enough, for it to actually toggle. All the other buttons works flawlessly. I sent it back and will be updating this review when a new flash is in house. *** UPDATE 8/24 *** I must have run into a batch of faulty units - this second one will only turn on when depressed using the tip of a knife. So far ZERO stars to this crap!

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It passed the initial test of working out of the box (all modes and adjustments of flash unit itself, transmitter/receiver, etc...). I used the flash once a few days later without issue for a few dozen shots. Second time I stuck it atop my camera the next week, it made it a half dozen shots and the flash stopped firing. Red light would blink, go solid, and then nothing. SET/ON factory reset Id seen mentioned in the comments here did not help. Neither did pleading or vulgarity. Begrudgingly returned it for a refund - which is a real shame because, outside of it failing near-instantly, it seemed like a really nice speedlite functionally!

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I dont typically write reviews...actually this is my first product review on Amazon ever. The reason I am writing this is because I bought this flash kit as my first flash kit for my Nikon D7100. Initially, I liked the option because of how affordable it seemed to be when comparing to Nikon Flashes or flashes of higher quality, and the product reviews seemed to be good. So I thought I would try it out! Well... initially the flash worked very well. I used it maybe 2-3 times, then had to move across the country and had training for a new job for 7 months. During that time period I took my camera and camera gear with me (was not left in storage like the rest of my property), the reason being is that I did not want the movers to break my gear or for it to be stuck in storage. So the whole time I was training my gear was with me and never handled by anyone other than myself. Well fast forward to about 3 months ago when I was at my Nieces 3rd birthday party. I donned my trusty flash kit, and no juice. Changed the batteries, and no juice. Changed the batteries a 3rd time and no fire. So, after literally using this flash 3 times tops, and not even going through one complete set of batteries it no longer works. Wasted money and wasted time trying to figure out whether or not this product will work. Wont even power on, everything just stays blank. My advice, save your money, buy something more reliable. I had this for less than a year and used it 3 times and it will no longer work. Very frustrating, especially considering I wasnt able to get the photos I wanted for my niece. Shame on me I guess for not testing it before hand. Wont make that mistake again, and wont buy this product again.

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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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I love learning photography and thought of doing some experiments with high speed exposure photography. So wanted to get myself a wireless flasher with i-TTL functionality supporting my Nikon D7100. According to most Amazon reviews Altura Photo Pro Flash Kit AP-N1001 seemed a good choice. Another reason why I choose AP-N1001 was cos it came with wireless (and wired) trigger mode. In high exposure photography I knew it’d come handy. So, in short: Pros: - Works well as described - I even tried S1, S2 modes which also works well (In S2 mode you can use the wireless trigger to trigger the shutter of the camera & the camera’s flash will trigger the AP-N1001’s flasher) - Great wireless trigger when connected to the camera - Good battery life - Comes with the batteries for the wireless trigger set (but doesn’t incl. the batteries for the flasher: 4x AA) Cons: - None I can think of The manual this comes with is short but gives you all the necessary details in diagrams etc. If you’re even little bit tech savvy there wouldn’t be any issue of configuring as you need. I used regular Duracells and found can take hundreds of shots without needing to replaced. (I did shoot at lower flasher powers cos I was taking high speed expos. Most of the time I set around 1/32 or 1/64 power). It does take few seconds (didn’t measure but the description says 4secs, which I’d think accurate) to recycle and ready for the next shot. But never found it an issue. I’m very happy with the wireless trigger too, cos I can use it to trigger the camera (especially when I set the AP-N1001 flasher to S2 mode (slave) so it’ll go off as soon as it detects the camera’s (Nikon D7100 in my case) flash goes on. I have a very cheap wireless IR trigger I bought for the D7100 but it’s not very reliable, sometimes it’ll shoot as soon as I press it, but sometimes I need to press multiple times. But this wireless trigger (when connected to the camera) triggers as soon as I press it. Also this has the soft touch to auto-focus and hard press to take pic (just a shooting button in a camera). The pouch is a nice addition to take all the stuff with you. (Wireless trigger doesn’t fit in that though). High speed expos require lot of fine tuning of settings through experimenting at a certain environment and this flasher has all the configs I wanted. I’ve added a couple of pics I took using this and a cheap Neewer 24x36in reflector set. I’m fully satisfied with this flasher. If my review helped you in some way, please click the ‘Yes’ button below. Thank you!

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After pricing other flash kits for my Nikon D3300 I decided to purchase the Altura based upon its steady stream of positive reviews. At the price point I expected it to be of lesser build quality than some, but adequate to the task at hand. What I received met my expectations and exceeded them. I was able to quickly load the flash with (4) fresh AA batteries and connect it to the hot shoe on my camera. The included User Manual wasnt the easiest to figure out in terms of tweaking for perfect photos - at least not for a newbie, but the controls of On/Off are simple enough and it wasnt tough to quickly figure out the settings even without the manual. The ability to soften the flash with a plastic diffuser (included) and by user settings, was great. The flash worked perfectly with my camera and the included accessories were all as shown. I purchased this primarily for a fill light for outdoor portrait work. I think it will be great in this capacity offering up to 500 flashes on a full charge with inexpensive AA batteries. (Im sure rechargeable AAs would work well too.) The LCD screen is not bright green on the unit I received (as seen in the Amazon product photos). As a matter of fact its a little bit tough to see in a flat gray/green hue. Perhaps theres a brightness setting for the viewer Ive yet to discover, so I didnt take off a star for this issue. Overall, Im pleased with my purchase. I was able to install and use the flash within 10 minutes of unboxing it and I feel like it will provide me with the light I need at a fair price. NOTE: Photos included with this review are without any flash, with diffused flash and with the flash and no diffusion (the brightest with a setting of +2 on the flash).

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I have been using this flash for about 4 months now and I have to say i couldnt be happier with the results. The flashes are easy to set up and is much cheaper then other competitors. I have taken over 1k and I am amazed that I havent had to change the batteries once on these flashes. I purchased the two flash kit and have had no problems. It has allowed me to get some cool pictures as well, being able to control your lighting gives you tons of options on what you can do with your photography. If you are debating what to purchase, stop looking and make this purchase. I took my two photos with a flash on both sides of a fish tank filled with water and a black back ground with my Nikon d7100. 100% satisfied with theses flashes!

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Great lighting kit! picked this up as I was working with some pretty sad flashes and wanted better to up my game. After seeing all the positive reviews here I picked up a set. They came boxed up very nicely with 0 damage to anything and seem to have been handled with great care. After getting them in yesterday I ran around and took some test shots in all the possible configurations and heres what I came up with: 1: Very great TTL mode. if theres a lens attached to the camera the flash automatically adjusts to get a great shot, regardless of how far away the subject is. Occasionally there is a dark photo but Id have to say 90% of the time you get what you want out of it. If you wanna go pro and use manual mode its also just as good as any Nikon flash in my opinion as Ive worked with a few. 2: Wireless mode with the two flashes is as some others have stated. The flashes will work in TTL mode but its a consistently dim flash. This isnt all bad for me because generally if this is being done youll want them in manual to get the lighting that perfect anyways. Just having the two flashes go off and getting the lighting you need without cords or headaches (beyond the initial setup) is great for me. Manual mode is easy enough to use even for a beginner to pick it up within a couple minutes and figure out how to make the light brighter or dimmer. 3: Battery consumption... This is an area very important to me as ALOT of equipment now runs on AAs. The flashes themselves take 4 and last an average amount of time. pressing the trigger every 2 seconds I was able to get 85ish shots before my pictures became visibly dimmer from consumption and thats good in my book. Not the best Ive seen but for the price its right on par. The wireless trigger takes a standard old school camera battery though and Im unsure of how long this will last and the receivers take AAAs. this means I now have to go from carrying one type of battery to 3... Something Im not sure Im prepared to do. This is a slight markdown but not enough to loose a star as the price point makes the kit more desirable. Ill keep it for now and if it continues to perform well Ill edit this review so everyone can keep track. 4: Focusing in the dark. Probably the 2nd most important thing to everyone since thats what the product is for. in a darker room small beams come out for the camera to focus and for the most part they work well. I took pictures in my living room early in the morning while it was still dark and the camera still focused well enough for me to be able to read the words on my receiver from 15ish feet away. This is good for me as this proves whatever they put into this unit works and quite well. occasionally it will try to focus on the closest object but not enough to be bothersome. Overall this unit really cant be beat initially. The price is right on the money and you get all sorts of capabilities you wouldnt buying name brand. The bang for buck factor on this is extremely high and the flashes are of great build quality. Ill edit this review in a few months to update on performance and durability but initially... great product. Keep up the good work guys. UPDATE 22 July 2015: Had this kit for a year and so far everything has worked phenomenally! Ive even taken the extra step to get another set of these so that I can have 4 flashes set up for the remote instead of 2. This makes it much more practical to get the kind of lighting you need to take photos rather than have large softboxes everywhere. Its been a tricky art to master but with some practice and skill its really amazing what you can come up with :) Id highly recommend this product since its way cheaper than the Nikon brand and I feel like you get a much better product for the price.

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I appreciate sellers like Digital Goja who offer good products and fast delivery. I needed a flash for a new camera before a wedding shoot in two weeks, so I ordered in plenty of time. The flash arrived in just three days - and safe and sound. I am not new to photography having been around the business for over 30 years. Im not one to buy top of the line when something else will do the job just as well. I bought this I-TTL flash for a Nikon D5100 to use as a dedicated flash. The bottom line is, it works. I like the standard fold-out diffuser and deflector, the included diffuser cap is a great touch. The heavy duty, well-made protective nylon case is great and has an added feature of a compartment to store the diffuser cap. I had a Nikon SB-600 prior to this Altura flash and side-by-side, the resulting photos (which is what counts in the end) are equal. The big difference seems to be the price. This Altura costs hundreds less and performs as well, if not better. *** UPDATE *** I wanted to update this as I used the flash extensively this past weekend for a wedding. I took over 500 photos and fired the flash at least 400+ times. The flash never faltered once. It recharged between flashes in just a matter of a second or two (using 4 AA Sanyo Eneloop batteries - which didnt need to be changed once during the shooting). I left the flash in i-TTL mode (attached to my Nikon D5100) and it did a great job of illuminating the area. I used the included diffuser cap with the flash and got the best results with the flash angled at 45°. Im completely satisfied with this flash and highly recommend it.

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