I need t get a new flash, is there a better flash than the SB800? Your opinion?

Not in that form factor.

SB-800 is the Best.............

Well. there are more powerful hotshoe flashes from Quantum and Metz, for example (e.g., http://www.qtm.com/QFlash/).

For iTTL and CLS, what's better than an SB-800? The answer is several SB-800's.

But if you want the ultimate in light control and power, get strobes and light modifiers instead of hotshoe units.

~Ted

how about a substitution for the SB-800
85mm f1.4
100mmDC f2
135mmDC f2
200mm vr f2
105mmvr f2.8
D3 at ISO 3200-6400
creative post processing

Adding a Quantum Turbo SC improves it greatly It can also make it all melty.

It would be nice if Nikon made something like the Q-Flash.

Jammy Straub wrote:
It can also make it all melty.



Been there, done that with a Quantum pack and SB-800's. In fact, you can cook a speedlight with almost any external power pack.

~Ted

Edited by turnert on May 16, 2008 at 10:43 AM GMT

What features are you trying to improve upon? What features are you trying to use and are looking for? What do you want to do with the new flash?

- Joe

The upside of the SB800 is that it is small = portable, built in fresnel lens = a certain amount of beam focusing, fits in a hot shoe, works off camera as well and most importantly works with the Nikon Creative Lighting System, so it can be optically fired from another strobe while still using TTL metering.

The downside of the SB800 is that it is small = not as powerful as some other larger strobes, built in fresnel lens = no bare bulb and no on strobe modifiers.

So, it really depends on what you are planning on shooting. If you want something small and lightweight for doing events, then you probably want an SB800. If you want to do a lot of studio work, then you probably want something larger like an AB800.

Robin

2 SB-800's ?

Guy

gugs wrote:
2 SB-800's ?

Guy

+1

Look at dave blacks site

Quantum Q5D, but it's bigger, needs a external pack, needs added light modifiers and needs a camera adaptor and costs 2.5 times as much as an SB-800.

The SB-800 is simply the most capable speedlight ever made.

No No the 580ex is better

gugs wrote:
2 SB-800's ?

Guy

You beat me to the punch!

SteveS wrote:
No No the 580ex is better

Hahahahahaahhahaahahahahahahaha

Good one!!

You can NEVER have enough SB-800's.

r_o_b_s_o_n wrote:
SteveS wrote:
No No the 580ex is better

Hahahahahaahhahaahahahahahahaha

Good one!!

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