SB-5000

[richardHaw]

anybody excited with this? I am. but i just cant afford it

[Vilhelm]

I got one on loan from Nikon for the Easter weekend. Really enthusiastic about it. Found out it can do about 12-14 high power pops equalling the D5 frame rate, with only 4 batteries. Radio trigger is really small, and can also be turned if you don't like it pointing upwards. The flash unit itself is slightly smaller than the SB-900 and weight point is lower than with previous speedlights. Build quality is more solid than with previous generation speedlights. Controls seem easy to learn and master, I still have not found use for the supplied manual.

Monday is scheduled for D5 and SB-5000 testing so drop a comment here if there is anything in particular you want to know.

[richardHaw]

Thanks Vilhelm! i am going to play around with one this week at Nikon
the rep knows that i am a speedlight fan so he scheduled something for me because im a familiar face at the repair shop/showroom.
this is like a dream come true for me. however, the price is just too high

[richardHaw]

by the way, i intend to use it with the D4, D750 and the D7200
i already have the wireless remote thing for a long time and i want my SB700 and SB900 to fire via radio, is this possible with any attachments?

[Andy]

Richard,
I got my SB-5000. With only one flash, the wireless function still need to wait a bit.
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,3077.msg44858.html#msg44858

BTW, taking about flash.
Last week, I ordered a Profoto OCF B2 kit. Should be getting it next week.
Nice thing is that it can do HighSpeed Sync with Nikon bodies up to 1/4000s and is able to do TTL flash.
Should be nice for open aperture flash photography in daylight.

rgds,
Andy
 

[richardHaw]

Richard,
I got my SB-5000. With only one flash, the wireless function still need to wait a bit.
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,3077.msg44858.html#msg44858
rgds,
Andy

Hello, Andy!
wow, if they managed to make that as powerful as the 900 then that is awesome!
are you talking about the tiny wireless transmitter? I already have the Nikon WT-3 something wireless gadget that looks like a key chain. from my understanding, that can be used to trigger the SB-5000 as well? sorry, the nikon site can get confusing sometimes, specially when they mix product names into the discussion to fool you into buying more than you need

[richardHaw]

Last week, I ordered a Profoto OCF B2 kit. Should be getting it next week.

this looks nice, specially that it's compact
i dont do a lot of strobist lately but the nikon cls hsa been my bread and butter for a long time. it's probably the best off flash system available native to any camera brand