joseph_blum Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 <p>what is the best speedlight for use with the d700 especially when using 14-24 lens? price is a consideration, so if there is one almost as good at a lower price please tell me. thanks</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbcooper Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 <p><a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Flashes/4807/SB-900-AF-Speedlight.html">SB-900</a>. The discontinued SB-800 is almost as good. You might find a good used one, but if you can swing it, you'll be better off with an SB-900. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akshun Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 <p>I have the sb-900 and i love it, gets hot if your using it in quick succession, but they all do, its great off camera on the stand.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two23 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 <p>Will any of the Nikon SB lights go as wide as 14mm if on camera? I find I don't shoot on-camera flash much any more. So, what do you want a flash to do anyway? <br> Kent in SD</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Shafer Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 <p>According to the instruction book (page D-57) the SB-900 zooms automatically from 17mm to 200mm in FX (12mm to 200mm in DX). When the built-in wide flash adapter is flipped down (page D-31), it zooms from 12mm to 17mm in FX (8mm to 11mm in DX).</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramon_v__california_ Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 <p>well, if you want to shoot that wide with flash, it will be the sb-900. are you going wide outdoors? archi and landscape, maybe? ............but you can always bounce an SB-600 and get excellent results. of course indoors. too bad, the sb-800 is not around anymore for a reasonable purchase.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akshun Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>Also keep in mind that the SB-900 is alot bigger than the SB-600, so if weight is an issue....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_blum Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>thanks to all for your help. sounds like the sb-900 is the best choice for my needs</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo5 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>The best speedlight for your D700 is the one you have in your bag when you're in need of it! I have an SB-800 and it's worked well for me and my D300.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_phillipps Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>I bought an SB400 as I wanted something tiny, but it's a bit lame really, only just a bit better than a built in flash. On the D3 you can't even adjust the fill flash ratio.<br> Then I got an SB900 and it's quite simply superb. It's one of those items which appears now and again which when you think to yourself "oh it would be nice if it could do ... such and such" and you read the manual and find out that it can, time and again. It even comes complete with colour filters for fill flash in tungsten or flourescent light. 10 out 10 at least.<br> Steve</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Willemse Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>SB600 also goes down to 14mm with the build-in wide angle flap thing. But "next stop" is 24mm, so that may be disadvantage.<br> The sheer size of the SB900 sure helps me avoid that upgrade...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark liddell Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 The SB900 has a better user interface but besides zooming to 200mm and being able to set the lighting spread to 'even' it doesn't do anything the 800 doesn't and it is much larger and more expensive. It does have a nice gel holder though. I have 2 SB800s because they are £100 cheaper and take up less space in my bag. Don't go for anything other than the 800 or 900 - with speedlights you need all the power you can squeeze out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_phillipps Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>re power, I think you can get away with lower guide numbers these days due to the high ISOs useable.<br> Steve</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_mandell Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>Joe,</p> <p>I have an SB-600 that I use on a KD bracket on my D700. Because of the high ISO performance of this body, I haven't needed more in a flash.<br> Yet.<br> If/when I go to longer lenses (beyond 105mm), I may be eating my words</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourboncowboy Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>I've got three SB-800s, and when the 900s came out, I planned on selling them to upgrade. However, I've heard enough horror stories (true or otherwise) about the lens overheating and refusing to work that I just decided to hang on to what I have. No complaints so far.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourboncowboy Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 <p>I've got three SB-800s, and when the 900s came out, I planned on selling them to upgrade. However, I've heard enough horror stories (true or otherwise) about the lens overheating and refusing to work that I just decided to hang on to what I have. No complaints so far.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark liddell Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 The power issue is noticable very quickly if you start using it for fill in bright daylight and especially for use off camera as a main light; try shooting full lengths shots with an umbrella in bright sun and you are very quickly wishing it had more to give. I've made a bracket so I can mount 2 SB800s side by side to get me an extra stop but this can only do so much. Large groups are also an issue. High iso is useless if the ambient light is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_blum Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 <p>thanks again to all. anybody got an sb-800 they would like to part with at a reasonable price? sounds like that would meet my needs and save me some money.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sunley Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 <p>New SB900's almost sell for less than a used SB800.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizore Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 <p>New SB900s are circa $500; used SB800s are circa $300 (at least mine was). This doesn't strike me as almost less and they are lighter.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark liddell Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 £320 (SB900) vs £215 (SB800) here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_blum Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 <p>again, thanks for all the help everyone has given me with this question. can you get reasonably decent results by using the older sb-28 in the non ttl a or m mode? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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