Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Tiny flasher


SB 400
Originally uploaded by
Lye Hock.

Got this nifty little speedlight over the weekend. Actually designed for the Nikon D40, it can be used as a lightweight travel flash. Best part is that you can bounce the light too with a flick of the front element. Taking only 2 AA batteries, it's said to be good for 150 flashes. It's a TTL flash & intelligent enough to compensate based on the camera's settings. But it won't work on the older cameras. And you can't use it as a slave flash in CLS applications either. It'll be useful for some light fill-in applications.

6 comments:

Chan Kok Kuen said...

I know that you can't resist buying this flash since its compact and cheap(er) than SB600.

Good buy.. what is next on your shopping list?

Lye Hock said...

A battery grip for the D200 perhaps? :)

Chan Kok Kuen said...

Good idea. I saw one being used during my shooting at Putrajaya lately. With a battery grip you do not need to recharge your camera's batteries for at least one year considering the number of time you use the camera.

Lye Hock said...

Haha! Actually the D200 sucks more battery juice than the D70s. And yes, I should shoot more...

Khairil said...

This tiny flasher is kinda cute!

Betteryy grip? Why not! ....erk...but don't you wanna get a Sb600 or Sb800 first?

Lye Hock said...

Hi Torqxic - Already have the SB600. This is for fun!