Product Description

Featuring Nikons next generation i-TTL(TM) flash control technology the SB-600 Speedlight delivers automatic balance fill-flash and advanced wireless lighting capabilities for outstanding results and creative possibilities. The SB-600 is seamlessly compatible with the D70 digital SLR cameras built-in speedlight as well as the Nikon D2H professional digital SLR. The SB-600 effectively integrates with the Nikon SB-800 Speedlight both individually and in arrangements of multiple SB-600/800 speedlights offering consistent i-TTL control for automatic and accurate lighting for creative and complex situations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3045 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Nikon
• Model: B0002EMY9Y
• Released on: 2008-03-04
• Dimensions: 4.90" h x 3.50" w x 2.70" l, .50 pounds

Features

• Sprache: ML
• Garantie: 12

Manufacturer's Description
Nikon is a precision optical company with worldwide manufacturing, research and marketing capabilities. The Nikon name is equated with extraordinary photographic performance, innovation, precision and optical quality.PRODUCT FEATURES:Versatile remote speedlight for the Creative Lighting System;Available options with D2H Pro Digital SLR and D70 Digital SLR: i-TTL Mode, Advanced Wireless Lighting, FV Lock, Flash Color information and wide area AF illuminator;i-TTL flash control: accurate, seamless fill-flash capability under the most difficult, tricky lighting situations.;FV Lock (flash value lock) allows photographers to change the composition or zoom for the shot while maintaining desired lighting of the subject;Auto FP High Speed Sync mode when used with D2H Pro Digital SLR delivers needed fill flash in bright light or with wide aperture Nikkor lenses.

Customer Reviews

Still great after all these years
I've had this flash unit well over a year and it is only recently that I've learnt to understand its true potential and how to get it, which are bounced flash and off-camera wireless remote flash.

Firstly, the flash head can tip up 90 degrees as well as swivel up to 180 degrees anti-clockwise, i.e. the flash head facing backwards and 90 degrees clockwise. These two movements allows me to shoot bounced flash with the flash unit attached to the camera, in both landscape and portrait position, and it produces perfect exposure every time. The flash compensation (+/- 3 EV) on the camera body allows quick adjustment to the power output.

But the true flexibility and creativity comes from using the flash off the camera, using wireless remote. But you need to have the built-in flash turn on for it to work. The settings you have to do the camera and on the flash aren't straight-forward or intuitive (hence it took me ages to figure it out) but Ken Rockwell has provided a detailed guide on how to do this, so I'll just mention his link here (http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/ittlslave.htm).

It also adjusts the power output automatically as you change the zoom lens (provided it's between 28-85 mm).

I've taken pics using this in concerts when you're about 30-40' from the performer, and zooming in at 105 mm, the power output from the flash adjusts itself to light up the exposure and the recycle time is pretty quick too, so you don't miss that perfect shot.

I haven't used SB800 or the new SB900 so I can't make a comparison but for the type of photography I do, i.e. taking pics of friends and family, with a single flash unit providing lighting for the scenery, this SB-600 suits me just fine.

Excellent
Bought this to use on my D300 and even though like the last reviewer I am relatively new to photography (and even newer to flash photography) I find this item easy to use straight from the box. It comes with a nice Nikon branded case and a stand for use "off camera" The inbuilt flash can be used to fire this Speedlight remotely, very clever.
It is infinitely better than the inbuilt flash and gives stunning flash lit photography. There is so much you can do with this unit that it can be quite a steep learning curve to get the best from it, but the manual (strangely for Nikon) is quite easy to follow and within half an hour I was firing it remotely, bouncing flash and firing continuos flashes while firing at 5 frames a second.
Highly recommended item. May come down in price shortly as Nikon has recently brought out a new top of the range SB900 so pushing this one down to No. 3 in the range.

A really great buy
I bought this flash to go with my Nikon D40 and it works perfectly with it. I am a bit of a novice when it copmes to photography but I was pleasently surprised with the results I got using the 'bouce flash' technique.
I will never use the internal camera flash again!
In all a really worthwhile addition to an SLR.