RocketCowboy
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Has anyone spent any quality time with Nikon's latest speedlight? Thoughts?
SB-5000 Review/Thoughts?
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Fred Kingston
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Do you have a D5 or D500 ?
RocketCowboy
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Nope, but they killed the SB-910 and the SB-5000 is the only shipping model that would still use my SD-9 battery packs.
But that's why I'm asking ... seems like the SB-5000 is only relevant to D5/D500 shooters to begin with, unless I'm missing something.
Fred Kingston
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Nikon is showing the SB-910 on their web site for Sale ?????
They added the Radio triggering to the SB-5000 and I believe the trigger is built into those two cameras. The SB-5000 still does the CLS using the infrared signaling... You have to buy the Wt-something to add the radio trigger to any of the other Nikon cameras...
The SB-5000 is $600 and the trigger for the non-radio cameras is another $100ish...
Unless you have a reason to buy a new SB-910, and you want to continue using your external battery paks... I'd look at Nikon Refurb'd SB-910
Wayne may have a different take on this subject...
They added the Radio triggering to the SB-5000 and I believe the trigger is built into those two cameras. The SB-5000 still does the CLS using the infrared signaling... You have to buy the Wt-something to add the radio trigger to any of the other Nikon cameras...
The SB-5000 is $600 and the trigger for the non-radio cameras is another $100ish...
Unless you have a reason to buy a new SB-910, and you want to continue using your external battery paks... I'd look at Nikon Refurb'd SB-910
Wayne may have a different take on this subject...
RocketCowboy
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Could be that's what I get for only looking at one reseller. I thought Adorama or B&H was showing the 910 as discontinued and out of stock, but maybe they are where Nikon is still clearing out inventory.
Thanks for confirming my thinking on the SB-5000 Fred!