Nikon SB-700 AF Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

I bought the grey market flash instead of the one officially imported and supported by Nikon USA. I never had any issues with past Nikon flashes so I took the risk and savings. Flash came just as expected. Its fantastic. Had the larger SB-910 flash before but sold it again after a few months. Reason: Didnt need the power/features of the SB-910. Major differences are commander flash groups (SB-700 has Master, A and B vs Master, A, B and C on the SB-910) SB-910 reaches farther as well but for me the smaller more portable SB-700 is better. It does everything but is for sure a bit limited compared to the SB-910 but Id say that only matters to professionals, Im not a professional. I like the controls. TTL-BL (balanced light flash with matrix metering) and i-TTL with spot metering. Also FP is no longer displayed on the flash (set in camera menu anyways). Overall a fantastic flash, Im using it with a D600.

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I bought this because I just decided to try my hand at professional photography for the first time after years of doing videography. Being a total novice at photography (I always used my phone and point-and-shot camera to take photos), I decided to go pro and get this external camera flash! Best choice I ever made! This is so powerful, it can light up background many feet away even in sheer darkness! Ive used this for professional wedding photography and flash was so great, I had the light settings only on -0.3 and that was bright enough! You wont be disappointed with this flash. It automatically works with your camera once its in the hot-shoe. I chose this rating because as this is my first camera flash and being totally new at it (I must say its really easy to use; I didnt even read the instructions. I just took it right out of the box and started using it! Nothing I didnt like about it. Id recommend this camera flash to beginner, amateur and professional alike! (If youre a professional, and have more money, go with a more expensive one, but if cost is your factor, go with this flash.) You wont be disappointed!

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After 4 years of being a "natural light" kind of photographer, Im starting to get into using a flash. It allows for so much more creative options and control of light... I wish I had gotten into this sooner! As far as the flash goes, Im using it on my Nikon D90, primarily with my 17-55 F2.8 and the image Im getting using iTTL are very good. Next step is to branch off into full manual mode! The LCD on the back clearly shows all your important stats and is easy to read. I recently shot my 20-year high school reunion, indoors in very low light, and this flash with the supplied diffusion dome did a great job in groups of less than 3 or 4 from about 8 feet away. For larger groups, where I had to stand back close to 15 feet, there wasnt enough power to cover everyone with the diffusion dome on, Im talking groups of 8-20 people. But, thats not the flashes fault. Just my current lack of complete understanding of how to properly use it. Overall the build quality is solid . I love it. If youre looking to get into flash photography, I would recommend this over the SB400, because as you become more advanced, this will allow you to do just about everything you could want without having to buy another flash to replace your SB400.

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If you are planning to get only one speedlight for your Nikon DSLR, this is your best choice (I read so many forum and articles before deciding it). However be aware that this as with any nikon speedlight, the shutter speed of your camera may be limited. In D7000 (series) and other high end models allow to use a broad range of shutter speed when using speedlights. This feature was already included on D90 but Nikon decided to REMOVE it from newer cameras like D5100, limiting the sync time with the speedlight, so you can only get 1/200s on yous shutter speed with these "new" cameras. Very disappointing to me... this was very hard to find on manuals etc. I already bought this speedlight and all my photos of bats are blurry. Need higher shutter speeds but the camera does not allow me when the speedlight is connected. Not a problem of the speedlight though so five stars for this flash and zero Nikon for removing this feature from the firmware that was already on the D90.

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