Nikon SB-910 Speedlight Unit

Product Information

The distance between a light source and a subject is calculated in feet and has an impact on the size of the area illuminated. The height (34 meters) is rated (29 feet) and measured. Ni-MH batteries (2600 mAh) are included. The battery can be charged with alkaline-manganese or 1.5v batteries. With a AA battery capacity of 230 mAh. Because less power is used for each pop than for every other, you’ll get thousands of flashes if you use it automatically. The eneloop can be used to shoot 165 shots with a capacity of 2,000 mAh. When you don’t use the 190 NI-MH battery, the battery runs out in a week. For you guys who are new to guide number (GN), it is basically a means to determine how powerful the flash is. The SB-910 is rated GN34 at ISO100, meaning, the flash is able to light up objects up to 34 meters away from the flash unit when taking a picture at ISO100. Technically, the higher the GN, the better. Non-TTL "Auto aperture" Auto mode: the SB-910 is smart enough to read the ISO and set aperture from your camera, and then uses its own sensor to set the exposure. This is a half-stop less than advertised, which ia actually quite impressive, as all previous Japanese flashes have measured a full stop less than advertised, so the SB-910 actually has a half-stop more power than I expected.

But the problem is, those tiny pins wore out after a year of usage. It became “confused”, and decided that the wide-angle diffuser is put on when it is not. It took some twisting and shaking every time to “restore its sanity”, which is quite annoying. After you’ve chosen 1/16 as your flash power, you’ll need to reset it. You will be able to get a nice image with a low level of noise. When shooting in the off-camera mode, the flash is bounced off a large surface like a ceiling or a wall. If your photograph underexposed, you can slow down your shutter speed, open your aperture, or boost your ISO. A fourth option is to use speedlights to increase the flash power. If your ambient exposure appears to be correct but your subject appears to be incorrect, you may want to change the flash power in your photograph. The power loss will be 1/4 because 2 squared equals 4 (rather than the half that many people believe).

Overheat protection

All Nikon speedlights released since 2009 support high-speed sync (HSS), except for the SB-400, SB-700, SB-910, and SB-5000. HSS allows the flash to synchronize with the camera at shutter speeds faster than the camera’s native sync speed. This is useful for filling in shadows in high-contrast situations, or for freezing fast-moving subjects. If I was a full-time news or event pro, I'd have two SB-5000 because they can belt out the most power and recycle the fastest for heavy use. The SB-5000 also offers a radio slave. With all other cameras, there will be no proper (TTL) auto exposure control. For compatibility with all cameras, use the SB-600, or you'll have to use the SB-910 in one of its less fashionable work-around modes. Will the Godox X1R-N prevent the use of a flash meter in manual mode, as an SBwhatever will always send a preflash if turned to TTL?

All right, let us now take a closer look at the Nikon SB-910, the once crowned king of flash… At least within the Nikon range itself.

Ways that allow one to set the remote flashgun at the camera - either in its menus or on a control unit on the hotshoe The SB910 was good while it worked… But just like other “disposable electronics”, it went bad after the warranty period and went straight downhill.

Nikon Speedlight SB-900 is known as a great flash gun loaded with an excellent set of features, but unfortunately, it tends to overheat when pushed hard enough. (Please refer to our Nikon overheating test.) Building on the success of the newer technology employed by Speedlight SB-700, Nikon has released Speedlight SB-910. There are plenty of alternatives for the Nikon SB-910, and I am just going to compare it with 2 third-party flash units to illustrate my point – The SB-910 is grossly overpriced. Even the newer SB5000 is priced at around the USD500 mark. Run through those settings and see how your distance scale changes. With flashguns other than the Nikon SB-900 and SB-910, there is a linear change as you change the shutter speed / aperture combination. For every two stops change in aperture, the distance will double. The high-end Nikon flashes are capable of delivering quite powerful bursts of light. When a flash fires repeatedly at the maximum power, its head and body get warm. The temperature increase may reach levels at which the flash can get damaged.

Returns and Refunds

The zoom automatically adjusts to your lens, and smarter than earlier flashes, also adjusts for FX or DX. In all practicality, the SB-910 runs a long time and recycles immediately as it's actually used in its automatic modes. Almost no one buys SB-910s to run at full-power in manual mode all the time, but I still feel scammed. Nothing interesting on both sides too, just the battery compartment – Takes 4 AA batteries. But know that the head rotates around 180° and is able to tilt from -7° to 90°.