Speedlight SB-900 Prices, Review, Compare Vs, and more
The Nikon SB-900 price has been dropped for a sale discount. Check out the links below to see the sale pricing if it has not already ended
There are many minor and major upgrades, changes and differences between the SB900 and the SB800 speedlights, below are the most important of those comparative changes, some pictures and an animation demonstrating the two side by side, and a full technical analysis of their specifications to help you more thoroughly compare the SB800 vs SB900 [...]
This is a great Hands on approach to teaching the theory and usage of the Nikon Creative lighting system. Learn how to take advantage of the advanced technologies and techniques to truly make the light work for you. Featuring the Nikon Speedlights SB900, SB800, SB600 and SBR200 any user of the above will learn [...]
Introduced alongside the SB-900 Flash was the SD-9 high performance battery pack. The SD9 Battery pack was designed specifically for use with the speedlight SD900 and works to drastically shorten flash recycling time while also vastly improving flash capacity. It contains a few improvements when compared to the older Nikon SD8A pack, most [...]
How to upgrade firmware:
Upgrading the Nikon SB-900 Firmware might seem complicated or confusing at first, especially if your not a computer buff, which you probably are in a little way familiar with a computer using the Nikon SB900 Speedlight anyhow. To help outline the process of upgrading the SB 900 firmware, I have put [...]
With everything you need to get started pretty much included in the box of the SB900, the most popular aftermarket SB-900 accessory items are pretty much limited to choosing batteries and high performance battery packs. There aren’t a plethora of options, but there are a couple of popular options for battery packs and also [...]
Firmware Version 5.02 for the SB900 has been officially released and contains a couple of small tweaks fixing some annoying problems… Everyone has to love the ability to firmware update!
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Whats new in 5.02
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How to update SB900 firmware
There aren’t many accessories nor aftermarket upgrades for your SB-900 speedlight, nor will you really need any as everything is provided in the box. Check out this entry to get the low down on what SB900 accessory options are already preloaded inside, and where you can find replacement parts if needs be.
Theano Nikitas received an early production sample of the Nikon SB-900 flash, and was one of the first people to post a real hands-on review of the Speed light SB900. He writes for PDNGearGuide, a large and increasingly popular web destination for the latest news, reviews and information on photographic and camera equipment and [...]
PopPhoto.com, a long running and beloved website for photography and imaging, posting up some of the internet’s most read and most useful articles, news, galleries, guides and message board discussions in the area of photography, has done a great article comparing the SB-900 vs the SB-800 and a review of Nikon’s new top-of-the-line flashgun. [...]
Matt Grayson over at ephotozine has recently took the Nikon Speedlight SB-900 Flash unit for a hands on test, and reports his findings and review in a recent article on Ephotozine.com, one of the internet’s most visited photography supersites:
Summary of Ephotozine’s Review on Nikon’s SB-900:
Grayson does a fantastic job of taking the hefty new [...]
Thom Hogan from ByThom.com, one of the longer running and most popular websites on the web for information on Nikon photographic equipment, had done a very solid write-up and review of the Nikon SB-900 Flash recently. Thom is very detailed and a strong writer having written some books and many review articles in the [...]
The new Nikon SB-900 Speedlight Flash has been crowned the king of flashes and it isn’t just because it’s the most expensive. I found that this is a great flash for shooting things like weddings because you can control the zoom and also set the light distribution pattern. The only downside is a big [...]
S. Charlston has reviewed the Nikon SB900 and has given it a perfect rating of 5. The review talks about Nikon’s superiority with some comparisons versus the Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Review of the Nikon SB 900 by M. Penelton:
“Nikon’s SB-900 Speedlight Flash is much better than SB-800:
I bought the Nikon Speedlight SB 900 because I really liked my SB 800 but needed a second flash. I’m amazed at how much more I like this new Speedlight over the old one. I hated [...]
I. Herdman Reviews the Nikon SB-900 Flash:
“Replaced my SB600 & Is great compared to SB-600:”
I shoot weddings for a living and bought myself a Nikon SB-900 Speedlight Flash to replace my SB-600. It was a difficult decision between the 800 and the 900 but what really got me with the SB900 compared [...]