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Nikon Speedlight SB-900 review
Newest addition to Nikon?€™s Creative Lighting System offers advanced
flash performance for digital SLR cameras The high-performance SB-900 is
the successor to the Nikon SB-800, and offers a large guide number of 34/48
(ISO 100/200, m) and an array of creative flash functions. It is designed
to prioritize usability in combination with Nikon digital cameras
compatible with Nikon?€™s Creative Lighting System. It provides a wide
17-200 mm auto zoom range (24-105 mm with SB-800), three illumination
patterns, a newly designed operation system and LCD panel, and AF-Assist
illumination compatible with new-generation AF sensors. The SB-900 also
features an improved booster circuit for high-speed recycle time.
Additionally, firmware can be uploaded via a Nikon digital camera ?€”
a world?€™s first* for flash units. The SB-900 serves as a solid base
for the Nikon Creative Lighting System when used in combination with
current Nikon digital SLRs, and it supports Advanced Wireless Lighting
(multiple wireless flash units) as a master or a remote Speedlight,
inviting users to explore the many creative possibilities. *The
world?€™s first flash unit capable of firmware updates via a digital
SLR camera as of July 1, 2008 (according to research conducted by NIKON
CORPORATION).
Multi-step auto zoom covers wide 17-200mm zoom range (24-105mm:SB-800)
Three illumination patterns (standard, centre-weighted and even) are
available to match each shooting environment
Automatically detects Nikon FX and Nikon DX formats and selects suitable
light distribution
Improved booster circuit for high-speed recycle time: Recycle time using
four AA-size batteries is almost equal to the SB-800 with five AA-size
batteries
New AF-Assist illumination covers a wide 20-105 mm focal range compatible
with the new Multi-CAM3000 FX/DX AF sensor
Firmware update via Nikon D3 and D700 (world?€™s first*)
Thermal Cut-out function limits the number of flashes to avoid
deterioration of light emitting parts caused by continuous flash firing
Automatically detects colour filters (fluorescent or incandescent),
enabling camera to control colour temperature according to filter
information from SB-900
Improved switch panel for enhanced usability
Improved GUI using a large-size LCD dot panel
Bounce capability: tilts up to 90??, down to -7??, rotates horizontally
180?? to right and left
Advanced Wireless Lighting and versatile functions for up to three remote
SB-900s or other compatible Speedlight groups controlled through the master
SB-900
Optional Water Guard WG-AS1 (for D3), WG-AS2 (for D300), and WG-AS3 (for
D700) is useful for protecting the camera’s hot shoe contact when the
SB-900 is mounted on a Nikon digital SLR camera
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