NIKON FLASH SPEEDLIGHT SB-800

The SB-800 flash includes colored filters to match tungsten and fluorescent light. This is very important for use indoors. Currently I Velcro gels to my SB-28DX to match the ambient light. Most people are not familiar with this trick. This is an important feature since you need to match the flash to the ambient light for fill. If you already know how to gel your flash it's no big deal, but for most people this will be a big help. For my current flash I go to a theatrical lighting supply store to buy filter material made by people like Rosco in huge sheets for $5 each and Velcro it to my flash. You then set the camera's white balance to match the ambient light and everything looks much better, instead of having fill and ambient light with different colors.

The SB-800 adds a reverse flash guide number mode for flash where you set the aperture and the flash sets the level automatically based on distance. This is like the flashmatic modes of the 1950s, backwards.

Power

The SB-800 has a rated GN of 125' at ISO 100 with the zoom head set to 35mm. At full manual power it has a recycle time of 6 seconds (alkaline) or 4 seconds (Ni-MH) and provides 130 shots (alkaline) or 150 shots (Ni-MH.)

Size: 2.8 x 5.0 x 3.6" (71 x 127 x 92mm), rated.

Weight: 12.3 oz. (350g), empty.

If you just need a master commander to use on-camera for controlling remote flashes then get the new Nikon SU-800.                       THE FLASH IS IN PERFECT CONDITION . COMES WITH  4  RECHARGEABLE FINGER BATTERIES .