What is the best Nikon flash unit to use with the Nikon 70-200 ED-IF VR lens? Will the SB800 pair with it?
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I use the SB800 with small umbrella and it works great. If you want more power, you can upgrade to the SB900ish. I have a friend who has one and it work a bit better because it produce more flash power.
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I had just purchased the SB800 when the 900 came out. Always happens that way. I have used the SB800 and it works somewhat well but understand that a lens with this focal length will require a flash that really brings it! I use this lens for landscape and sports photography, daylight shooting, because that 2.8 glass really lets the light in. I might suggest going directly to Nikon and asking them to show their hand on this one. I am going to try it as well. Are you shooting in Aperature and Manual modes? this will also let you control the amount of light you will need for your pix to really come out nice.
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Not sure why it would matter which speedlight you used in particular with this lens, but I use the Nikkor 70-200 with the SB-800 speedlight and they work just fine together.
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I had just purchased the SB800 when the 900 came out. Always happens that way. I have used the SB800 and it works somewhat well but understand that a lens with this focal length will require a flash that really brings it! I use this lens for landscape and sports photography, daylight shooting, because that 2.8 glass really lets the light in. I might suggest going directly to Nikon and asking them to show their hand on this one. I am going to try it as well. Are you shooting in Aperature and Manual modes? this will also let you control the amount of light you will need for your pix to really come out nice. I had just purchased the SB800 when the 900 came out. Always happens that way. I have used the SB800 and it works somewhat well but understand that a lens with this focal length will require a flash that really brings it! I use this lens for landscape and sports photography, daylight shooting, because that 2.8 glass really lets the light in. I might suggest going directly to Nikon and asking them to show their hand on this one. I am going to try it as well. Are you shooting in Aperature and Manual modes? this will also let you control the amount of light you will need for your pix to really... » Read More I had just purchased the SB800 when the 900 came out. Always happens that way. I have used the SB800 and it works somewhat well but understand that a lens with this focal length will require a flash that really brings it! I use this lens for landscape and sports photography, daylight shooting, because that 2.8 glass really lets the light in. I might suggest going directly to Nikon and asking them to show their hand on this one. I am going to try it as well. Are you shooting in Aperature and Manual modes? this will also let you control the amount of light you will need for your pix to really come out nice. « Show Less
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I have a D800 and Sb 900 and Yongnuo YN568EX flash , and they work al the time the SB9oo control the other flash, I had problem with the SB 800, it will not communicate in TTL and was not able to adjust.
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As the previous respondent mentioned, it will pretty much work with all external hotshoe type flashes.I have SB600/700/800/900 and they will all work on it as well as non-Nikon flashes such as Youngno.
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The SB-300 and any of the SB-xxx flashes will not work properly on Nikon Film Cameras. You can obtain a flash that will be much less expensive than a SB-300 and work properly on a FG. To help you in the best way possible please contact Rich at 800-991-3350 ext 2117.
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I have used them with a Nikon D80/D7000/D7100 and various flashes. However, I highly recommend that you look at the Yongnuo-RF-603NII-N3-Wireless-Flash-Trigger. Each Yongnuo unit can act as both camera and flash trigger at the same time.
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This is the BEST speed light I have ever used. I owned the D5000 and at that time the best was the SB 900. Superb flash! The problem I heard from wedding photographers was that the SB900 would overheat if you used it continuously for prolonged periods. I never had the problem. Nikon corrected the overheating problem with the SB 910. I sold my old flash and purchased the SB 910. Great flash. I now have the D800 and the Leica M240 cameras. I use it with both cameras. No TTL with the Leica but I use flash in manual mode anyway. This flash is as good as the time you invest to learn its features. I highly recommend it. This is the BEST speed light I have ever used. I owned the D5000 and at that time the best was the SB 900. Superb flash! The problem I heard from wedding photographers was that the SB900 would overheat if you used it continuously for prolonged periods. I never had the problem. Nikon corrected the overheating problem with the SB 910. I sold my old flash and purchased the SB 910. Great flash. I now have the D800 and the Leica M240 cameras. I use it with both cameras. No TTL with the Leica but I use flash in manual mode anyway. This flash is as good as the time you invest to learn its... » Read More This is the BEST speed light I have ever used. I owned the D5000 and at that time the best was the SB 900. Superb flash! The problem I heard from wedding photographers was that the SB900 would overheat if you used it continuously for prolonged periods. I never had the problem. Nikon corrected the overheating problem with the SB 910. I sold my old flash and purchased the SB 910. Great flash. I now have the D800 and the Leica M240 cameras. I use it with both cameras. No TTL with the Leica but I use flash in manual mode anyway. This flash is as good as the time you invest to learn its features. I highly recommend it. « Show Less
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I am not familiar with Nikon D800e, but I own Nikon D7000 and it works with it. It has been advertised to work with D7000 D5200 D5100 D5000 D800 D700 D600 D300s D3, so yours is included. Also got the remotes (Yongnuo RF-603 N3 2.4GHz Wireless) for the flash and appears it should also work with my camera, but will try it sometime this weekend.
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Yes, I shoot with a D600 and 2 SB-700s and they work perfectly. Very seldom miss fire if set up correctly. I purchased 4 of them. I place 1 on my camera, 1 on both flashes and use the 4th as a wireless trigger. They also work well with my strobes. You can't go wrong for the price.
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Yes it will work with the D80 however i am using it with my D70 and am not impressed with the TTL operation as opposed to my SB600. for the price it is OK but will not compare to original Nikon SB's
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Yes. I have d 7000 and sb 600 and it supported them just fine. B e careful where the flash attaches and make sure you have it tightened properly r it could fall off when rotated down without being guided.
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On the D5100 current Nikon flashes (the SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600 and SB-400) will give you full capability in all exposure modes and let off more light. Older models will work such as the SB-80DX, SB-28DX, SB-28, SB-27, and SB-22S will only offer non-TTL (non through-the-lens metering) auto or manual flash modes.
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Yes. Just tried an SB-910 on a D610 and the base of the speed light prevents the build-in flash from opening completely.
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The difference, as you probably know, is the SU 800. I have the SB-900 that I use and it seems to work fine, or I can use the built in flash on my D-800. I have never tried the SU-800 so I can not comment on the difference.
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Yes I had no problem firing my Sb700 and SB 800 with my little pop up flash on any nikon point and shoot and with my nikon D700 and D800e.
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Yes, I have used the SB-700 in studio wirelessly with the D-90... works fabulous ! It will work wirelessly on all Nikon DSLR's.... have tried it with entry level models up to the beastly D800. Hopes this helps...it is a great flash !
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hi, yes, the flash is compatible with the Nikon d80----here is a list of all the cameras it is compatible. Nikon: D1, D1H, D1X, D2X, D2Xs, D2H, D2Hs, D3, D3x, D3s, D100, D200, D300, D300s, D700, D3100, D5000, D5100, D7000, D90, D80, D70, D70s, D60, D50, D40, D40x Fujifilm: FinePix S1 Pro, FinePix S2 Pro, FinePix S3 Pro, FinePix S5 Pro
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Go to Nikon's website and ask there. They had a long list of Nikon cameras for which the SB400 works. It provided me the answer I needed for my Nikon P7000.