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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leif" data-source="post: 589195" data-attributes="member: 42585">You can use an SB-800 as a commander, to control off camera Nikon speedlights. The SU-800 works of course, and there are cheaper alternatives such as this one: <a href="http://flashhavoc.com/yongnuo-yn-622n-tx-for-nikon-now-available/" target="_blank">YONGNUO YN-622N-TX – Flash Controller for NIKON – Now Available! | FLASH HAVOC</a>True, but then again using the built-in flash on my D600 and D200 as a commander is a real PITA in my experience, very fiddly to do. Using an SB-800 as the commander is so much easier, not fiddly hunting through menus, and you don't drain the camera battery, as the SB-800 has its own batteries. I have also found that an SB-800 mounted on the camera provides a far better quality of lighting than the built in flash on my other cameras. The offset is greater, giving better modeling, and the supplied diffusers provides a softer light. So whilst I was originally a critic of the absence of a built-in flash, I am now a supporter. The only advantage of the built-in flash is if you want to travel light (no pun intended), you don't have to carry a separate flash unit, and it does work as a fill in, in both senses of the phrase. That's being a bit unfair. My D500 CAN use the battery from my D600, I've just tested it. And Nikon will exchange your old EN-EL15 batteries for the upgraded version FOR FREE, as long as you provide a receipt for your D500, which is generous of them. The D500 has different power requirements from the D7200 and D600, I suspect the long burst mode (high FPS for 20 seconds) requires a battery which can provide a high current for a longer duration than the old battery, so they needed to uprate the cells and/or internal circuitry.</blockquote>

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