Nikon SB-900 flash review (www.dombower.com)
In this video i give my review of the flagship nikon portable flash head the sb900 speedlight(SB-900). I have had this flash for over 3 months now and think i have had enough experience to give a good balanced review hope this helps regards dom bower www.dombower.com
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March 6th, 2010 at 8:08 am
@r1f14 Heyy. What was the sb600 like? How come you are now wanting a bigger flash? Cheers
March 6th, 2010 at 8:44 am
@dombower no i didn’t mean like sb900 isnt proper proper its even bigger then my d700
im just calling these big flashes elinchrom profoto etc proper since i dont know their “official name”. so is sb900 called speedlight and the others studio flashes or how does that work?
March 6th, 2010 at 9:18 am
proper flash? you think sb900 is not a proper flash? think you are getting confused.
check my video on why speedlights not studio lights and you will see the reasons for using these guy. also check up on joe mcnalley, very sucessful photographer with just speedlights
March 6th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Thanks for the review, Dom.. but alass im too poor to purchase one haha
March 6th, 2010 at 11:57 am
nice review, i am about to buy a flash. i need it for daily regular use, as well as portrait, event,fashion work and it obviously performs very well but i want to ask you is sb900 any good through a softbox or an umbrella. i know “proper” flash like profoto and elinchrom are the best but i don’t have that much money, to buy these flashes and a huge battery. thanks!
March 6th, 2010 at 11:58 am
IMO, considering that you can buy an SB800 at LESS THAN HALF of the price of the SB900, it’s a no-brainer to choose SB800 over the SB900 UNLESS you need the extended zoom feature.
March 6th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
oops, actually, my bad…you CANNOT buy SB800 new anymore…the ones i see you can buy for about $220 is the SB600.
as for flash life…i have no idea. you’d think manufacturers would have this information readily…but i guess the life varies among samples…maybe…
March 6th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
TTL means “through the lens” which basically means that the flash and camera work together automatically to determine the correct power the flash should…flash at. There is more to it but I don’t feel like typing that much lol.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
can i use it for my D80 nikon camera?
i had sb-600 already.. so, what’s the difference between them..
and what TTL means?
thank you..
March 6th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
where can you buy it now? also does anyone have any idea about how many flashes in a life time these are able to do? ie a d3 is tested to 300,000 shutter clicks, but what about a flash?