Nikon SB-910 Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

AN IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP AT THIS REVIEWS END. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COUNTLESS QUESTIONS I'M MORE THEN HONORED TO ANSWER.---------------------------------------------The Nikon 4809 SB – 910 speed light is simply the best one on the market. I am impressed with its ability to keep up with eight frames per second, and also I have been using rechargeable Energizer batteries and I didn't have to replace them the whole day of shooting. If you have the ability to buy one, then I would go for it. It is on surpassed in accuracy and simple way of navigating through all its menus. It can also be used as a remote flash, with the right tools. I have been using the Nikon 4809 SB – 910 for over a month now, and I would never use another type of flash again. Nikon keeps coming out with remarkable tools for our cameras and forgetting the best shot ever. During my evening setting I took well over 3000 photos and the Nikon 4809 SB – 910 kept up to everything that I put it through and it was a very successful shoot.I wanted to follow up now 8+ years later. In the 8+ years since purchasing this flash as well as most of my Nikon equipment I have been NEVER disappointed in ALL my Nikon choices. Superior, superb, EXTREMELY EXTRAORDINARY and I could go on for days. Shooting over 4 million and YES, I said 4 million photos with 6 different bodies and 5 lenses. I have 4 of these flash units and NEVER EVER had a failure. The fact NIKON has shut down its warrantee and repair departments, I am only disappointed in their choice to do so. Getting a repair is near impossible but that's just it, I've needed not one repair on all I own. I tried to do a bit of a financial tally and the best I came up with is approximately $200 in all I own. I shoot mostly environmental shots, wildlife and all my travels. To date 110 countries, over 4,000 cities and countless towns throughout the world. This has by far been my very best journey in my life these last 8 years, but only equally compared to the hundreds of thousands of those who are in my shots. The beautiful people who gladly agreed to be included in all my photo shoots. Their amazing extraordinary personalities now forever captured. I would never ever been able to embark on this journey had it not been NIKON at my side.I thank you all for reading and sharing this review. Amazon and B&H PHOTO has ONLY been my purchase options of my Nikon equipment. By far superior in customer service support and awesome prices. Exclusively used for excellence and extremely extraordinary care and 110% gaurenteed delivered choices.Again thank you all and I'm here for any answer you request.Cheers...

Solid performer. Great quality of light (color temp), great color temp consistency (color temp is one area third party flashes fail)And great coverage over a variety of focal lengths. (that is another area third party flashes fail-fail-fail badly; coverage over varying focal lengths.)I don't use the CLS as it burns through battery power and annoys people with all of the pre flashes. So for me it is a little pricey for what capabilities I use, but that's my decision. As a full time pro, it's worth noting that I do have only one of these and a bag full of third party flashes. Once you learn the idiosyncrasies, those third-party flashes are definitely putting a dent in the OEM units. But I still wouldn't be without at least one original Nikon SB

Great flash with many functions, but I think most people would have no problem using the SB-700, which is two hundred dollars cheaper. One of the ttl modes emits a pre-flash which makes people blink just before the shutter is released. Also, some modes have a substantial shutter delay. However, I shoot on manual a lot, and if you practice with the unit, you can find auto and ttl settings that work really well.The flash is a bit heavy and I worry about the foot breaking for those who like to turn camera and flash sideways for vertically framed shots. I have a stroboframe bracket that flips the camera to vertical, leaving the flash sitting peacefully atop my rig. I don't think I would use this flash with a cheap bracket that flips the flash about for vertical framed pictures.Finally, you can get really beautiful lighting bouncing this flash of ceilings and walls. However, to rotate the head, you have to push pretty hard on a release button which is a bit of a pain. I understand why they included this feature, but truthfully, I could do without it.Bottom line, I have to say it's an awesome flash. I went with the more powerful model because my lenses are slow, I like to bounce the flash a lot, and I take a lot of telephoto flash pictures. It has some bells and whistles I'll never use, but the features I take advantage of work very well.The owners manual is pretty thick, but you should read it all and experiment with all modes and functions.

I use this for shooting my charcoal-black puppy. My Nikon D700 does a good job indoors without flash, but the black color of my puppy was too much. I use this flash and bounce the light off the ceiling. The effect is perfect and lights up the entire room without looking like I'm using a flash. This lets me shoot ISO200 instead of ISO4000 and get great shots of her. I took it to a family party and got hundreds of great shots.I like that you can go rapid fire and pop a shot every second and the flash is always ready. Granted, I didn't have it on its highest setting, but still, the flash never slowed me down.The flash does wiggle ever so slightly on the D700 mounting bracket so I bought NIkon's WG-AS3 weather guard. That piece water-proofs the connection and adds a great deal of stability.I'm using the Sanyo eneloop XX 2500mAh rechargeable batteries. They last forever in this light.The auto-focus assist is a welcome feature. Sometimes I turn that on with no flash just to take flash-free photos but to get better auto-focus.So far I'm quite pleased with this purchase and am eager to learn more about the art of flash photography.

Why oh why hasn't Nikon updated their flashes in over 8 years? This flash is so very very very outdated and I found to be a total waste of money especially if you've invested heavily in Nikon's Z line. Ugh.

I used this for the first time for a wedding and ended up going back to my SB 700. My SB 700 is just a breeze to use and this one is complicated and doesn't have as good of a recycle time as my SB 700. Overall it's ok and does the job but it's nothing special and not worth the price